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Re: tabletop coil first light

Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Blake,

Great job. You did very well.

The electrical tape will not help very much.

Watch what the other end of the florescent light is connected to. If your
holding it you may get a surprise when a spark jumps from say your big toe
to ground or you touch an earthed object or a spark jumps from the end to
your hand.  Got any pics to share.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:54 AM
Subject: tabletop coil first light


> Original poster: hue jass <chesscactuar@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hello
>
> I got my new coil running today. the specs are as follows: 9/30 NST power
> supply, 5 segment spark gapmade with copper couplings, ~7nF beer bottle
> cap, 8 turn primary made with 1/4" copper tubing (tapped at about turn
> 5.5), secondary coil form is 1.86" OD PVC pipe, 740 turns 28 AWG magnet
> wire (~10" winding length), topload is a 2.5 inch sphere ( plan on getting
> a bigger topload) first time i turned it on i got about 2" streamers. With
> a little bit of tuning i got 3" streamers and 5" sparks to a flourescent
> light bulb. I have 2 questions: 1. How much of an improvement could i
> expect with an 8pF topload and 2. would electrical tape help control
corona
> around the edge of my beer bottles? Also, strikes to a flourescent light
> bulb where bright blue and there was almost no heating of the bottles,
> which leads me to believe that beer bottle caps aren't such a bad option.
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Blake
>
>