RE: Tesla first start up problems. (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:15:59 -0600
From: Rich & DJ <rdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Tesla list' <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Tesla first start up problems. (fwd)

I think Greg is close to what you need , my first coil was a 15Kv30ma
NST , 9 beer bottles in a plastic kitty litter container, my "Kitty Kap"
, 3.5 secondary, not great but it worked. My first gap was tungsten
rods, not so good. Things got better with multi gap copper tube
fittings. That was before I had a way to measure the capacitor, I used 9
bottles because that is what fit the bucket. I think that would work
with your primary and not have to rewind.

	Rich from the middle of Missouri

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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:41:22 -0800 (PST)
From: G Hunter <dogbrain_39560@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tesla first start up problems. (fwd)

I think your coil is underpowered.  I think you are
trying to charge too much cap and excite too much
resonator with too little NST. Add another 15/30 NST
in parallel, or else scale back to a smaller coil. 
Should you elect to scale back, I would suggest a 4" x
18" primary and a 6nF tank cap (approx 7 beer
bottles).

Bear in mind that I spent all of 30 seconds
contemplating your problem.  You may wish to get a
second opinion!

Cheers,

Greg
http://hot-streamer.com/greg

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> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:57:43 +0000
> From: Trevor Keast <trevor_keast@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Tesla first start up problems.
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I am new to this mailing list but I was hoping that
> someone might be able to 
> help me out with some problems I am having with my
> newly built tesla coil.
> 
> A rough spec of my coil is as follows,
> 
> 15KV 30ma NST
> 14 turns on the primary, 1/4in copper tubing spaced
> at 1/4in
> 6 inch diameter secondary, 24inches of windings,
> approx. 900 turns.
> 4 inch topload made from aluminum tubing
> Beer Bottle / salt water cap. 12 bottles, approx
> 0.1uF
> 
> I checked and double checked everything and then
> decided to run it outside 
> at night.  The spark gap was sparking with a
> considerable amount of power 
> however that was all that was happening.
> 
> I took the top load off at one point and left just
> the end of the secondary 
> winding sticking up.  When I did this the end of the
> wire had a slight 
> corona and about a 1/4 inch spark emitting from it.
> 
> There were no coronas in the beer bottle cap even
> though I didnt suppress it 
> with oil yet.
> 
> I tried tuning it and tried running it on about
> every turn of the primary.  
> It just seemed to be really lacking in power.
> 
> Any advice would be most helpful.  I would love to
> get this coil going!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Trevor
> 
>
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