Re: Painted coil

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Original poster: dgoodfellow-at-highstream-dot-net 

Be careful what paint you use. I recently painted my primary blocks, (which
were made from LDPE), with black wrinkle finish paint. I was striving for an
old look with the wrinkle paint. When I tried to operate the coil, all I
could get was a 1" spark, and only if I drew it out with something grounded.
I changed the blocks out to phenolic, and the coil now works great.
The coil can be seen here...

http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3274205625&indexURL=2#eba
yphotohosting

Cheers, Dave Goodfellow









----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Painted coil


 > Original poster: "Terry Blake" <tb3-at-att-dot-net>
 >
 > I think that's D&M's High Voltage Magnifier
 >
 > Pictures from Florida Teslathon 2003
 > http://pw1-dot-netcom-dot-com/~davmckin/2003picturesDMsHVMagnifier.htm
 >
 > Or maybe you recall photos from another Teslathon
 > http://pw1-dot-netcom-dot-com/~davmckin/FloridaTeslathons.htm
 >
 > Terry Blake
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:39 PM
 > Subject: Painted coil
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Hi All,
 >  > A while back I was browsing the web and saw a coil that
 >  >   was painted black with lightning bolts. I would like to see it
 >  > again to get some ideas (do some copying) Problem is I cant find it.
 >  > Anyone know the site  I'm talking about?
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
 >