Re: Coil Near Completion - Page Updated

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

Besides controlling the input voltage and current, you
can also adjust the charging (or i guess technically,
discharging) voltage. By not turning on your rotary,
and aligning the gaps, you can increase the bps, and
lower the bang size. I've done this for initial
tuning. If you have big caps and are starting off with
low voltage and current, you may not have your rotary
speed in step with cap charging rates. Turning your
rotary into a static gap, can help by allowing the
caps to charge and discharge when they want to.

Adam

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> Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince"
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>
> Hey guys,
>
> Since last night, I've posted many new pictures of
> my large coil on my page
> here:
>
> http://www.epitra.com/tesla/index.html
>
> Tonight I completed the control panel. Since I last
> posted an update on the
> list, the foam toroid has been completed and the
> tank circuit components are
> installed and wired.
>
> I basically lack designing and building the
> adjustable tap to connect the
> outer primary winding to the capacitor. I hope to
> get this done tomorrow and
> do some initial testing tomorrow night.
>
> I'm really nervous about firing the coil up. I don't
> want to pi** off the
> neighbors, blow out electronics, start fires, etc.
> Even with the
> continuously variable voltage and current controls,
> I'm wondering if it's
> going to be one of those things where regardless of
> controls, it's either on
> or off and when it's on, it's chaos.
>
> Anyway, let me know what you think.
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron
>
>
>