Re: static motor rotary spark gap

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

My primary uses 1/2 lexan, not plexiglass. Go to
mcmaster.com.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Steven Steele"
> <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The ring lightning thread gave me a great idea!
> Static motors are very easy to make and have the
> potential to spin very
> fast.
> I'll upload some links to static motors once I get
> my internet
> working(storming over here).
> Anyway, I think if you do it right, you can always
> get it to spin a just the
> jught speed... I think.
> Personally, I feel that someone should try it but my
> TC never really ran at
> its full potential. I think it just needs a better
> toroid and a few more
> turns on the primary, which I will return to Adam as
> soon as I can. Then I
> will build my own.
> Speaking of which, Adam, where in the ATL did you
> find half inch Plexiglas?
> I tried Home Depot and they only had 1/4 inch, which
> is why my attempt to
> build a primary failed miserably. Well, one of the
> reasons anywy. The other
> reason being that I used wire instead of tube.The
> wire is hard to
> manipulate.
> Oh well. I hope one of ya'll will try my idea.
>
> Hint: For the annode and cathode of the static
> motor, I  would stick wire in
> a block of styrofoam and put a strip of aluminum on
> it. (this is of course
> only if you intend to derive the power for it from
> the secondary of the TC.
> If you draw i from a waeker power source, you do not
> need to do this. It is
> simply a precaution to prevent the motor body from
> burning up due to
> arcing.)
>
> Happy building :)
>
> Steven Steele
>
>
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