Re: [TCML] Automobile mounted Tesla coil

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Just scroll down a bit.

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On 21 jul. 2011, at 01:33, otmaskin5@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Tesla coil???  I never got past the first picture.
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> From: Weinhold Shannon L <Shannon.L.Weinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 3:28 pm
> Subject: [TCML] Automobile mounted Tesla coil
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> Well the Tesla coil twin I've been working on for the past several
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> months is finally complete.
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> It is mounted on the flatbed of a Frankenstein themed "rat rod". It was
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> shown to the public for the first time on Friday and was quite a hit. 
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> A photo of it can be seen on my photo portfolio here:
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> www.flickriver.com/photos/klasdja
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> It's a few photos down from the top of the page.
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> There are also some videos of it on my youtube page. 
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> www.youtube.com/user/moneraths 
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> It is a v'ed twin coil with separate primary circuits. The NSTs are
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> 12/60s. The caps are Maxwell .03 30kv pulse caps..2 per circuit in
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> series. The secondaries are interesting in that the owner choose to have
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> them fiberglass coated, which made for an extremely rugged coil. The
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> coating is about 1/8" thick, so the coils are really tolerant to
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> scratches and bumps. 
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> The bottom of the secondaries are grounded to one another, and also
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> grounded to the frame of the truck. The frame of the truck is connected
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> to earth ground via heavy chain. 
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> The coils are still dependent on mains power for the time being, but the
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> rig will be self powered soon via 2 1500 watt dc to ac converters
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> running off of deep-cycle batteries. 
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> Note that the coil has not been tuned for optimum performance as of yet.
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> We found a tap point that the owner found satisfactory and we left it
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> there for now. 
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> The streamers connect and there is no breakout where there shouldn't be,
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> making the coil fairly safe for onlookers within a fairly tight radius
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> of the vehicle. 
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> Just thought I'd share. These have brought me a fair amount of fame and
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> future potential business in the local area. 
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> Woo-hoo!
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> Shannon Weinhold
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> Klasdja Intelligent Innovations
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