Re: The 1500t secondary myth (long)

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Original poster: "bob bob" <teslaman99@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry, All,

Although this '55 foot' number gets thrown around a lot, I have never seen 
a photograph of the Model 13 that showed more than a 25-30 foot spark.  The 
only video of it on the web is at www.teslacoil.com and that shows sparks 
around 25 feet long.  From what Richard Hull and Richard Quick posted on 
the list back in the old days, it seems that the development process did 
not go at all well.  If I went to all the expense of building the largest 
Tesla coil in the world, I think I'd make sure I got photographs that 
actually proved I'd done it.  There is plenty about Dr. R's secret 75 foot 
coil in the archives as well.

I'd say Greg Leyh's Kakanui Point installation is probably the largest 
there is, certainly the largest with proof to any reasonable standard.

Dave Larkin


Tesla list wrote:
> 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