Re: [TCML] MOT supply

[Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,
     I feel your pain, just wait till you go to college, then you will 
know all about money being tight!  I'd offer you some tips about DC 
coils, but I never built one (yet), so I'll leave that to the 
professionals.  Good luck.

Scott Bogard.

Michael Robinson wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> If I ever get around to it, this will be my third coil.  I'm pretty
> hesitant on beginning as I don't have a lot of knowledge on DC coils,
> and don't have the means to build a stable rotary spark gap. So until
> I do some studying on this kind of coil (and get some money), I won't
> go much farther than rolling the idea over in my head.
>
> My first priority is to get my 'big' 6 inch coil back in operation as
> I had a pretty bad cap failure after getting 54 inch sparks.
> Unfortunately it can be difficult to acquire the money for my hobbies
> as a full time student at 16.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Dec 12, 2007 11:29 PM, Ben Sneath  wrote:
>   
>> Hi Michael,
>> how big is this coil going to be? this afternoon i
>> discovered that you cant fit a mot (yes, even a tiny one),
>> voltage quadrupler, tank cap, charging choke and a spark gap
>> into a tc that has a base 7 inches squared :-(
>> probably better to make a seperate 15kv power supply out of
>> a mot, volt quadrupler and choke and just supply 15kv to
>> your coil. on the bright side it does make the tc a whole
>> lot lighter without that junk attached to it...
>> also, is this your first coil?
>> what are you going to use as a topload? toroid? sphere?
>> family cat?
>>
>> if you see someone in the wonderful world of Halo3 called
>> dalek, then thats me.
>>
>>
>> ben
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