Re: Junkyard wars tesla coil buildingRe: kVA Effects on Discovery Channel

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

What would the goal of the team be? To build a coil with maximum spark
length, maximum flourescent light activation, or something else? It seems
like a good idea, and might do nicely for a competition, but not junkyard
wars.
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Subject: Junkyard wars tesla coil buildingRe: kVA Effects on Discovery
Channel


 > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > I don't know about that.  Typically, the team will have one knowledgable
 > person, and a few willing bodies.  There were some episodes where folks
had
 > to build an airplane. It's more what resources they'd have available.  If
a
 > suitable "junkyard" were found, then I'd have every reason to believe they
 > could build a TC.
 >
 > The real problem is that there's not much scope for substantial design
 > approach differences.  It would wind up being a fairly conventional spark
 > gap coil, and the differences would be those of details (form, top load,
 > etc.) rather than design.
 >
 > The producers of those shows like something where there are lots of
 > radically different design approaches possible, so they can play off
 > contrasts like "work smart vs work hard"
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:22 AM
 > Subject: Re: kVA Effects on Discovery Channel
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au>
 >  >
 >  > i wouldn't hold your breath on that one,
 >  > you'll end up awfully blue in the face.
 >  > for those teams building a junkyard tesla coil
 >  > would be in the same league as building a
 >  > junkyard cyclatron.
 >  > neither the production crew or the teams would
 >  > come within a bulls roar of being smart enough
 >  > to handle something like that.
 >  >
 >  > regards
 >  > richard
 >  > aus.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:52 AM
 >  > Subject: Re: kVA Effects on Discovery Channel
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Hi All,
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Speaking of the Discovery Channel, I recently sent an Email to
Junkyard
 >  > Wars
 >  >  > about seeing if they would try having the teams do a junkyard Tesla
 > coil.
 >  > I
 >  >  > have not heard back.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > David E Weiss
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >