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Re: The 1500t secondary myth (long)

Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The "Official" Tesla coil spark length record is for Bill Wysock's Model 13 is just slightly under 60 feet. Robert Golka's Coil and DC's coil have not been "verified" well yet. But if they have more info, that could change ;-)

There was a long thread on this about two or three years back...

Cheers,

        Terry


At 09:34 AM 12/2/2004, you wrote:
KVA Effects make 'em to 60 feet according to their promo video. I also saw a few websites that say Tesla made 130-footers from the 200-foot mast at Colorado Springs, though I didn't think he had access to a 1000+ kW required to make those.

Mike
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Subject: RE: The 1500t secondary myth (long)


Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>Very interesting information.  I never thought much about the impedance
>factor.  Now, I'll have to go back and do some math work to see if I can
>optimize my designs even more.

Well Dr. R, your coils are way bigger than anything I have simulated or
calculated, so Your Mileage May Vary :-\ In fact, it would be most
interesting if you could tell us the Zo values for some of your big coils.
I've seen pictures of the big boy that does 22ft sparks but I couldn't find
any data on # of turns, wire gauge, dimensions, power input, or anything.

Also, while looking for data on your big coil, I noticed you claim 75ft and
120ft sparks on your website. Have you ever actually produced these? As far
as I know, most of us are under the impression that the all-time world
record for a Tesla coil discharge is 39ft or 59ft or something like that.
(not sure which, maybe Terry knows) So if you have done it then you just
raised the bar a good deal for those of us who were hoping to beat it :(

Steve C.