Re: Noob Questions

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi Nathan,

A good starter size would be a 3-4" powered by a 6-9KV 30mA neon
transformer.  You should be able to get up to 12-18" or so of spark, and
learn what works best before adding more power.  Smaller coils than this
take VERY fine wire and are a pain to wind.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: Nathan Savir <thoobik-at-yahoo-dot-com>
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 > To the experience coilers:
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 > My friends and I have done some electronics stuff before, but this will be
 > our first Tesla coil. Can someone please tell us about how small a coil we
 > can make? We want to start out with one about as small as possible, both
 > for safety and simplicity concerns. Any other suggestions for beginners
 > would be appreciated as well.
 >
 > AMCHS Tesla Coil Team
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