Re: Intro

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 

In a message dated 1/2/06 7:20:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "James Kirby" <jckirby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello Q

(Always wanted to say that)

>if you are new to this and want to know about coiling fundamentals or
>want to get an idea of the dimensioning of a coil I suggest you to
>read the documents on the site www.deepfriedneon.com

Excellent information thank you.

I carried many of Tesla's works in my store but had little time to absorb
the information. I have read and saved the info on pupmans list. I will
research this thoroughly.

The coil will be placed in a public art gallery in the center of a large
room. Above it will hang maybe 3-5 feet the steel frame cage say 7' square.
I expect there will be restrictions on just how big I can make this thing so
I have to talk with the curator on this. My job would be to make safe for
public viewing and to not burn the Gallery down. I have two years to
complete this, I hope that is enough time.

>Do you want to have a coil inside a steel cage,
>which is then tied to ground so you get bright and ear-deafening
>strikes into this cage? It might be a problem that your coil may have
>a preferred breakout point at it's toroid and a preferred target at
>the cage so it strikes to the same spot over and over again which
>seems not to be the effect you wanted

I would like the strikes to be all over the framing of the cage and in the
center of the cage there will also be hanging a metal structure that I would
like to see hit. Is it possible to gain tight control of the striking
points?

Thank you again

James (off to study) Kirby

Hi James,

A steel framed cage 7 ft on a side is a pretty heavy structure. You 
might consider mounting the coil to the ceiling rafters upside down 
and having the toroid or sphere hang down into a cage on the floor. 
If the cage is closed on all six sides, then no strikes from the 
outside can hit something inside. (Faraday cage principle) Tight 
controlled strikes to one point is very possible, to multiple points is not.

Hope this helps.