Re: Big Bruiser

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Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>





Ed Wingate's thon is always 2-3 days long --- starts on Friday night.

I have a nice pontoon boat on the Upper Dells Wis. River.  I was 
thinking on Sun morning I could haul a bunch of guys and gals down 
the river for a few hours, cook some dogs on the beach, etc.  Then 
start up the thon around 3 PM again in the afternoon.  Nice relaxing day.

Regards,

DC

> Wow two days of sparks. Yes, when Karen and I drove away after thon 
> is stated to rain and rain for the next three days until we flew 
> out. Did not get to show her the river rides so got to come back 
> this year.....!
>
> I also plan on bringing my 10Kva DRSSTC @ 
> http://www.drspark.org/fatboy1_rebuild.htm
>
> singing coil @ http://www.drspark.org/SABSSTC.htm
>
>
> Rgs,
> Christopher @ www.drspark.com
>
>
>
>
> > From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Big Bruiser
> > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:34:28 -0600
> >
> > Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks Bart.
> >
> > We overheated the reactor a bit.  Hope to add another 25 Amps on 
> > the input side next year with a larger reactor and more 
> > cooling.  This will take us to full output at 26.5 kVA.  I also 
> > want to hang a small rod off the top at a 20 degree up angle --- 
> > then the sparks will arc up and out traveling a further distance 
> > before going downward.  At present the video shows it arcing to our 
> > forklift and a Faraday cage with different people inside. It looks 
> > like there are primary strikes but it isn't real.  We have three 
> > "primary protectors" on separate stands at 120 degrees --- they are 
> > approx 18 inches out from the primary coil on small stands.  Plug 
> > in with 25 amp bananna plugs/receptacles for easy setup and teardown.
> >
> > Next is the TeslaFest (our Cheesehead Teslathon, aka Lightning on 
> > the Lawn) scheduled for Sept. 8th --- weekend after Labor 
> > Day.  This year we also hope to include our two new fabrications 
> > --- "The Wheel of Death" and "Cardiac Arrest"!  Chris Hooper hopes 
> > to bring his excellent bipolar horizontal coil and his very unique 
> > "singing Tesla coil".  I hear Steve W. and Sean are working on a 
> > larger Marx gen.  I also hope to have a dual doorknob/stage Marx 
> > running at 1.6 MEV if time permits us to finish it.
> >
> > We may even consider expanding to a 2 day event to accomodate more visitors.
> >
> > We were very very lucky.  About 2 hrs after the Thon ended it 
> > started raining hard --- and it rained for 3 days almost 
> > continuous!  Strange weather in Wis. for September when it's 
> > usually very dry and a bit cool.
> >
> > Hope you can make it next year.
> >
> > Dr. Resonance
> >
> >
> > Subject: Re: Big Bruiser
> >
> >
> > > Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Hey DC,
> > >
> > > The video came through GREAT! Lot's of arcs and sparks!!!
> > > A fantastic video for anyone wondering just what type of sparks to 
> > > expect from a large high powered coil. Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Bart
> > >
> > >
> > > Tesla list wrote:
> > >
> > > > Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I recently posted Big Bruiser on You Tube.
> > > >
> > > > Just go to You Tube and do a search for:  "Lightning on the Lawn" 
> > > > and it will pop up.  approx 3 min. in length.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dr. Resonance