Re: [TCML] small coil with huge streamers?

[Grenadier <teravolt.org@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would you mind sharing some more details on that coil Phillip? What is its
resonant frequency?

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Joe Mastroianni <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Well, things will get hot and stuff will burn.
> I had a reasonably sized DR coil - 8.5x32" secondary, 3/8" copper coil
> secondary,  CM300DY-24H inverter, powered through only ~70VAC at 20A
> through a doubler so the DCV was only around 180V, 0.5uf tank,  etc. etc.
> etc.  Running MIDI with only moderate arcs for musical purposes....
>
> I made the mistake of running 12ga stranded between some of the
> components....and the insulation caught fire quite spectacularly during my
> Halloween performance.  Lucky for me it didn't burn up anything else.
>
> Power density is a very real consideration....
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> On 12/14/2011 7:38 AM, James Hutton wrote:
>
>> what would happen if you had a massive power supply for a really small
>> tesla coil?
>>
>
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