Re: Tesla coil grounding and other questions

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Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

try richardson electronics, they were the cheapest 942c's a few months ago.
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Subject: RE: Tesla coil grounding and other questions


 > Original poster: JOSEPH CACCIATORE <jocatch-at-us.ibm-dot-com>
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 >
 > Great Luke. I went to that site and they had some of the best prices and
 > since YOU said they were good, 8-), I ordered a 2000' spool of #28 wire.
 > Ships tomorrow I hope.
 >
 > Last problem I have is finding some caps. Geek is out until next month and
 > there is nothing on Ebay. I need to find another place to get some
 > polyester caps. Sounds like pants, uh? 8-)
 >
 > JC
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 > 02/17/2004 07:04 PM
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 > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
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 > JC:
 > I looked around and found nothing in the way of wire locally as well.
 > Unless I ordered through JCH wire and cable (local place here)  they
 > wanted a tone of cash for it.
 >
 > But I found the wire is pretty cheap at McMaster Carr (McMaster-dot-com).
 > Go to their web site and in the search window type in "magnet wire"
 > then on the right side frame scroll to the bottom.
 >
 > I paid $16.36 for my 3000' spool of #26 wire.  Their online catalog
 > rocks!! IMO.
 >
 > Oh yeah I called before I ordered it thinking the shipping would be
 > high.  Turns out it would be about 5 bucks.  And I ordered other stuff
 > with it.
 >
 > Hope that helps
 >
 > Luke Galyan
 > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net
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 > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:11 AM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Tesla coil grounding and other questions
 >
 > Original poster: JOSEPH CACCIATORE <jocatch-at-us.ibm-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > John, checked out your design. Looks really good and easy to build. I
 > have
 > one question, however. And it is a generic question too. For a 12kv, 30
 > ma,
 > 60 hz NST, the capacitor works out to be .0066uf. Yet you and alot of
 > other
 > designs use much bigger caps. How can you still tune? With the program I
 > am
 > using for design, changing the cap from .006 to something larger meshes
 > up
 > all the parameters making it impossible for me to still use a 4"
 > diameter
 > secondary with a 5:1 aspect and still tune it. Maybe I need to play with
 >
 > the numbers some more...
 >
 > I did go to Home Depot and Lowes and I must say I am very disappointed
 > with
 > their wire selection. I wanted to get some 10 gauge solid wire to
 > emulate
 > what you did and they had none. All I was able to get was 8 gauge bare,
 > solid wire. Not a problem really. But no one had any wire smaller than
 > 18
 > gauge, no 22, 24, 26, 28, no nothing. So I need to look around the area
 > some more. I did pick up a long 12' PVC drainage pipe for about $5. That
 >
 > wasn't bad. I also picked up 2 end caps for 94 cents for the pvc so I
 > can
 > make a rig to spill it when I do wind the wire on it.
 >
 > JC
 >
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 > 02/16/2004 01:54 PM
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 > Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
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 > In a message dated 2/15/04 8:29:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >
 >   >As you may have gathered from my other post I plan to start from
 > scratch
 >   >and build a 4 or 4.25" secondary coil using my 12kv NST. Looks like I
 > will
 >   >buy some MMC caps on ebay if I can find them or from the Geek site.
 >
 >
 > JC,
 >
 > You may want to check out my TT-42 type coil at my website
 > which uses a 12/30 NST and a 4.25" dia secondary and gives
 > 42" sparks.   There's a link there to John Morawa's TC which is
 > prettier than mine I must say, and it uses 1/4" tubing on the primary.
 >
 > <http://hometown.aol-dot-com/futuret/page3.html>http://hometown.aol-dot-com/futu
 > ret/page3.html
 >
 > John
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