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Re: first light

Original poster: FutureT@xxxxxxx

In a message dated 12/6/04 11:02:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

Andy,

Congratulations on first light.  The heart of a tesla coil is the
spark gap.  The carriage bolts may be quenching poorly.  You
can make up a multiple gap that will work much better and
stress the NST less.  Your cap value is around the resonant
size.  A larger cap of around 12nF would stress the NST
less.  I like to use a lot more turns on the secondary, something
around 1300 to 1600 turns of 28awg wire for such a coil.  I sometimes
use 12awg insulated wire for the primary for the final design for
such a coil.  I show my TT-42 coil (using a 12/30 NST) at:

http://hometown.aol.com/futuret/page3.html

Also the primary turns can be closer than 1" spaced, for a more
compact coil.

Cheers,
John