Re: Tesla Coil Data Base

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Original poster: Mark Broker <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org> 

Hi, Jim, and all.

Yeah, we said that.  And, in fact, we had a skeletal form done in a couple 
days.  We had things more or less finalized with respect to what info we 
wanted to collect within a week or so.  Unfortunately, other priorities 
took over, and Rob, the webmaster and person working on the TCdB, does have 
a baby girl....

There is still some work to be done behind the scenes with respect to data 
validation and deciding which fields are required, but we think it's ready 
for semi-public release.  We will place a link on the main page of the 
website when we have added the data validation and such.  So if you just 
get a generic error, one of the entries isn't valid, and, unfortunately, 
you won't be informed which one or what was expected.  So in other words, 
make sure you're entries are correct!

All entries are currently in inches only!  We will add an option for metric 
eventually.

The required fields are just that - required.  However we kindly request 
that as much info be entered as possible.  Doing so will help people like 
Dr. R find his "efficiency factor" and John Freau and Bart Anderson find 
better equations for spark length.

Suggestions and comments on the TCDB forms should be sent to our webmaster.

The Tesla Coil dataBase: http://thegeekgroup-dot-org/tcdb

Cheers!

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group


On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 21:05:26 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: Zimtesla-at-aol-dot-com A while back I wrote to suggest a data 
>base for tesla coils be set up to provide information and reference on 
>what coils/configurations have been made and their performance. Several 
>people on the list commented that it was a good idea. The Geek group wote 
>that they were making such a data base. So far I haven't seen anymore info 
>on this. I would be interested in providing some data to it if it is set up.
>Jim