Re: tesla coils

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Original poster: "Anthony Cosier" <ant17-at-optushome-dot-com.au> 

i am from melbourne my secondary and primary diameter are 90mm  the lenght
of my secondary coil is 10inch
my my nst is 15kv 30 ma my primary is 20 turns at 51 uh
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Subject: RE: tesla coils


 > Original poster: "Peter Reid" <peter-at-reidconsulting-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Anthony,
 >
 > What is the length of the secondary Winding? And what is the diameter of
 > the pipe that's its wound on?
 >
 > Same goes for the primary? How many turns are on your primary?
 >
 > What are you using for a spark gap?
 >
 > What is your primary voltage? What are you using as your primary
 > transformer etc.
 >
 > With the limited information you have giving there are lots of things
 > that could be wrong. Quite likely you could be over coupling.
 >
 > BTW, where abouts in Australia are you from? I am from Toowoomba, Qld.
 >
 > Regards
 > Peter Reid
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
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 > Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 11:25 PM
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 > Subject: tesla coils
 >
 > Original poster: "Anthony" <ant17-at-optushome-dot-com.au>
 >
 > hi guys i was hoping you could help me i have made my self tesla coil
 > but i
 > cant get any streamers my setup is
 >
 > my Primary wraped around a pvc pipe  180uh
 >
 > Secondary 27.2mh
 >
 > secondary Self capacitance 4.06pf
 >
 > Secondary resonant frequency 272khz
 >
 > 1000 turns
 >
 > toroid = 8.50pf
 >
 > my tank capacitor is 2.2nf
 >
 >