Re: sstc first light

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Nick,

When I wander in Radio Shack, I rarely find Tesla coil things.  Maybe that 
giant $$$/foot speaker wire or something, but really, that don't sell "our 
stuff" ;-))  I forget how many of those three spool bags I have bought over 
the years ;-))

Sounds like you need to get hold of an "automotive ignition coil".  Every 
car has one, and some have many!  They can get you those 1 inch sparks 
really easy and is sort of the next step ;-))

Cheers,

         Terry

At 08:17 PM 1/21/2004, you wrote:
>             I just made a small tesla coil. if you ever go into radio 
> shack to pick up magnet wire you will notice they have a small selection. 
> all i could find was a bag with 3 spools of wire. i bought the wire with 
> about fifty other things in plans to make a flyback driver. once i got 
> the flyback hooked up i was disapointed 1/8 sparks dc at 12volt input. it 
> turns out that the secondary was shot:-(. i decieded to take alturnative 
> action i removed the ferrit core and put it on the roll of 30awg wire 
> that came with the bag, it happen to fit perfectly. when i hooked it back 
> up i got 1/2 sparks that disinergrated the wire at each end of the arc 
> soon after the secondary arc over and i need to get another spool. 
> thought i should share my success. anyone have similar coils or sugestions
>
>             Nick miller nickstuffinc.