Re: Tesla coil on Ebay; 80-300' lightning?

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Finn,

Not sure that I can even agree with you here, either.
80 inches I could accept with no questions, but not
300 inches - That's 25 feet or about 8 meters! Not
with 6.6 kVA, anyway. I do agree with you that it
does look like a Wysock built coil, though and that
price is probably about in line with what a truly "pro-
fessionally built" coil of this magnitude would cost.
Not many of "us" hobbiest would/could spring for that
kind of cash for a coil, though.

David Rieben

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Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Tesla coil on Ebay; 80-300' lightning?


> Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h@xxxx>
>
> All,
>
> This coil has got "Wysock" written all over it, from deco, and down
> to the control cabinet.
> http://www.ttr.com/model5d.htm
> And I don`t think the price is at all that incredible. It`s less than
> I`d charge for a similar unit, but then: coiling seems to be cheaper in
the US.
> Just look at the ridiculously low prices Dr.R is charging for his pole
pigs.
> The guy obviously got feet mixed up with inches, and so, correcting
> for that, is no big thing.
>
> Cheers, Finn Hammer
>
> Tesla list skrev:
> >Original poster: "M G" <gt4awd@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sometimes I check ebay "Tesla coil" to see if there is anything new
> >that I would like to get. While searching I run into an auction
> >where a coil is being sold for just about $15,000. The description
> >says that it can create verticle streamers 80-300' straight up in
> >the air. Looking at the coil you can see the primary does not have
> >that many turns, and considering the secondary is so large, the
> >capacitor must be huge. I have my doubts that this coil can create
> >streamers that long using only 220volts at 30amps. It also seems
> >that this coil is being sold to anyone willing to pay the high
> >price, regardless of electrical knowledge, which is a bad idea in my
> >opinion. Here is a quote of the entire description.
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/Giant-Megavolt-Tesla-Coil-for-Special-effects-