Re: ballast are bogus!!! (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:12:50 -0700
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ballast are bogus!!! (fwd)

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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."

	How much do they power line wires sag when it runs?

Ed