Re: No frills small Tesla coil

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Original poster: "Sean Taylor" <sstaylor@xxxxxxxxx>

Peter,

The frequency of your high voltage source doesn't have to dictate the
spark gap firing rate.  Using a high frequency with an ignition coil,
you can rectify the output with a group of diodes and run at any
breakrate by varying the gap width and input power.

Sean Taylor
Urbana, IL


On 3/16/06, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: Peter Nielsen <nielsenp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Someone thoughtfully asked what frequency I was looking for. This
> would be around 400Hz at the spark gap. I believe this is what TC's
> with the old model T spark coils used. Frequency at the secondary
> output should be around 200KHz.
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> Thank you,
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> Peter Nielsen
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