RE: ballast are bogus!!! (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:48:13 -0500
From: Terry Oxandale <Toxandale@xxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: ballast are bogus!!! (fwd)

I would re-evaluate your set-up and most importantly find a means of
measuring current draw. The group of coilers that publish on this site
have a great deal of theoretical, electronic, and practical knowledge.
The use of ballasts is a well understood concept that is not taken
lightly in the use of non-inductive limited transformers (power or
potential transformers. The statement of "ballast are bogus" along with
the last sentence may be a bit strong.


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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:10:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: daryl barsoom <rockincoiler@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: ballast are bogus!!!

hello!!
   
  so i built a telsa coil last year?  after lots of mesing around with
it it work pretty good, like 6' sparks!  i now sure wish taht i knew
about you guys first!
   
  it has 950 turn secondaryand a 10 turn primary coil, made out of old
welding cable.  the 'pole pig' (heh) is 220volt and runs off the welding
outlet from the dryer in the garage.  i have an old SKIL saw with a 10"
beam blade that work great for the rotary gap but the blade is good for
only mabye 5 runs.
   
  but the website plans say to always use a 'ballast' like an old stick
welder, with a pole pig.  so i did? but now the welder started smoking a
little bit, because it was already very old.
   
  so, i got mad and just took the welder out of the circuit. and guess
what?? the coil works  even better!!!  it arcs way longer, and you can't
even looka t the SKIL saw anymore while its running!  the pole pig makes
the hummy hummy thumpy sound too so now i guess its finally doing some
work.
   
  so the whole ballast thing is a joke? i dont know what they were on
when they said that.

       
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