Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
"Verification" is the "key"....
Like, are there a "bunch of folks" that can "vouch" for the "exact" distance??
We do have to be careful the one person "fish length" stories, since they
wildly abound ;-)))
One can view Wysock's equipment, and torture him for details... And he
can answer them in full.... There just is "not any doubt" there...
We go by "exact" good faith "point to point"... All that "it really
"twisted around" 200 miles"... stuff does not count... We need folks
there with real tape measures....
I think the problem is that no one was there measuring distances....
We need to be convinced that it is "probably" darn true!!!
Cheers,
Terry
At 08:44 PM 12/2/2004, you wrote:
Hi All,
Regarding the Robert Golka coil (or one of the versions) I
recall his telling me it would hit the roof of the Wendover
hanger sometimes, don't know about the side walls, that was driven by a
well pushed 100 kW generator though he had a 900 kW flatbed truck mounted
unit available. This 51 feet diameter version has a picture I scanned in
from some pictures somebody took while that coil was working. Took it off
an 8 by 10 picture, then posted it at
http://www.hot-streamer.com/mike2004/Golka%20Coil%20Wendover%20July%204,%201974.jpg
Bob said figuring the top of coil height to where it hit was I think 81
feet and there were burns in the area of interest. It may have done
further or less, I'll have to ask him. Metal building though and maybe a
factor.
Of course things have changed, there have been several generations of
coils since July 4th, 1974, which this picture had marked on the back.
Two turn primary, 600 MCM wire, this was an amplifier, in general made to
the Tesla spec. Of course he had to make use of some local materials as
this was in the middle of nowhere and I think that included using no
longer in use commodes made of porcelain as insulators to elevate the
primary system.
All in all, the record holding interest should go to the current
innovators so state of the art is always pushed further, though I still
like the classic coils, there is a good respect for the new models.
Like the Enola Gay aircraft which once stood and was modified in the same
hangar as this coil, both have dropped their payloads and moved into
history. Bob is into more current science these days and we all move
onward, though that is still high voltage. Must be we like the ozone!
Regards,
Mike
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:12 PM
Subject: 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