Re: Has it been done? (repost)

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Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 1/23/04 10:26:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Ya know.... I have this vague memory that someone
*did* try it.  Can't remember for sure.  It may have been
a friend of mine who tried it while he was building his
normal tube coil.

John



> >-----Original Message-----
> >>An odd thought just came to mind, and
> >>it lead me to ponder... has anyone yet
> >>attempted to build a bi-polar tube coil?
> >
> >Not sure, but it should be possible to just slide the primary
> >of a tube coil so it's centered on the secondary, and ungrounding
> >the secondary.  Next the tuning should be touched up if needed,
> >and let the sparks emit from both ends of the secondary.  In other
> >words a typical tube coil should be able to be converted into
> >a bipolar coil very easily.
>