Re: Fear Factor

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Original poster: "Bunny Killer" <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

hmmmm  looking at the show I'd say 12"X60" secondary with a 10"   maybe
12"X28" toroid running on 14.4KV with .075uF caps sync rotory SG pulling at 
least 50-70A on the AC side ...   the streamers looked too clean for 
ARSG...    as far as the streamers pointing "downwards"   this is 
predominate of the magnetic field produced by a small primary ( very 
intence field) ...my coil will throw the streamers upwards away from the 
primary when tuned right ( tighter primary turns  different cap 
settings)  Im estimating 12 - 15 feet easy from the show set-up ....
Plus the TC on the show had a breakout "point" from the center of the 
toroid closer to "ground" than what we normally deal with....   I had set 
up my coil last year for Holloween with a "Demon" sitting on top of the 
toroid with "breakout points" in the hands of  the Demon ( which were well 
above the toroids field ) and the streamers went upwards at basically 45 
degrees away ( upwards)  from the center line of the secondary ( very nice 
effect)  plus they were reaching a good 12' out...from the "hands" of the 
Demon...   alot of the "participants " of the Holloween crowd would pause 
with indecision as to if they should progress further into the scheme of 
things...   ( yes it was alot of fun to see the "fear" instilled unto the 
crowd at that point)
all I have to say is the set-up was done VERY well   and I AM Impressed 
!!!    hope we all learn from this...

SD





Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Shad Henderson" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
>That rocked :)   Even with a faraday suit, you'd still get plenty juiced
>up, especially your feet.  I missed the very beginning of the show, and
>I'd give anything to see the looks on those poor saps faces when they
>watch those streamers and hear the noise, and think, "I got to stand
>waay too close to that thing?!!"
>
>
>The coil looked very professional and well designed.  I'm curious what
>needed to be done to make it run reliably upside down, though.  What
>keeps the streamers from simply licking upwards along the secondary?
>Streamers rise because of heat.  I'd expect them just to bend upwards
>and strike the base.  Is it required to run a breakout on the coil to
>prevent that from happening?
>
>I'm impressed with the quality of that coil, though.  I'm sure they
>would have cut out any takes where the coil developed problems, but in
>the runs they did show, it ran splendidly.  Never a break or
>interruption, just good smooth running.
>
>I would guess that it's either a low-speed ARSG or a SRSG. It *sounded*
>like 120bps when I was listening to it.  Could it be that we have a
>rather large LTR pig powered coil?  Or was the sound dubbed over?
>
>Good job!
>
>
>
>
>Shad
>
>On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 09:55, Tesla list wrote:
> > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > It looks like we may have another coiler in one of the contestants.
>She
> > wanted one for her living room!
> >
> > David E Weiss
> >
> >
>