Re: 1st Tesla Coil LIGHTED YAY!

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

In a message dated 1/27/04 6:46:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Ed and Ravi,
>
>I've got a quick lash up of 8 MMCs and a 5 seg. Cu pipe gap sandwiched
>between two 8 by 11 cutting boards.  Actually pretty effective for minimal
>cost and 90 minutes of time.  Only used it for a total of ten minutes of run
>time, and it did have one power arc hit a cap.  Doesn't appear to have done
>any damage, though, as it can still pump 40 plus inches out of my 4"
>secondary.  I'm going to a gap of my own design soon, and plan on building
>another Cu gap that can handle more than the above.  I'll happily send it to
>you guys, and you should have decent gap and cap ready to roll.  I don't
>know what power level you are running at, but a small fan will help.  I had
>a muffin fan integrated into the center of this, but tried to cram too much
>crap in too small of a space, and that got hit with an arc and died within
>thirty seconds.  Any fan donors out there?  Let me know, and I can get this
>sent out ASAP, no charge.
>
>John Richardson


John,

Very generous.  I will discuss it with Ravi.  My specs for his coil are at 
home but if I recall correctly the power supply is a 7.5 kv transformer at 
20 ma.

Ed Sonderman