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

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Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net> 

Junkyard wars has to involve somthing mechanical, not to mention the show is
over, IF and only IF they were to have the challenge, they would have to
give them the HV transformers, or place them throughout the junk yard, the
problem with a tesla coil is, there is not many creative ways to build it,
its either normal, or not thats it.  With the other challenges they have,
there are many ways you could do them so ...

Regards - Jim Mitchell
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Subject: Re: Junkyard wars tesla coil buildingRe: kVA Effects on Discovery
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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.
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:50 PM
 > 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
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >
 >
 >