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Re: [TCML] The cost to build a TC
Hi,
i've a list of costs of some of my Coils. What follows is for a coil, i
buildt for the physics department of the Bern university, essentially from
scratch. But part of the record below is from my "stock" or scrunged. But
about 2/3 - 3/4 th is new components. Sorry,the comment below is in
german, but i know, some of you know to read it. It's taken from an Excel,
which has this data inside. For my big coil "Black & White" there also is a
cost Excel available, but less "condensed" than UBTT.
Best regards
Kurt
Summary / Zusammenfassung:
Kosten für Uni Bern Tesla System UBTT
5er Serie Prototyp
single Twin Single Twin
SFr SFr SFr SFr
2 Toroide 504. 1009 504 1009
2 Sec. 34 68 34 68
2 Prim. 1534 307 192 384
SRSG 489 489 963 963
Cap 189 189 194 194
Filter 146 146 146 146
HV Trafo 270 270 270 270
Ctrl.Box 365 365 375 375
Total 2150 2843 2678 3408
That's it for now...
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
From: Jim Lux
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 4:30 PM
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [TCML] The cost to build a TC
On 4/2/12 5:21 AM, Phillip Slawinski wrote:
Jim,
That's a very open-ended question. It's safe to say that price
obviously scales with sparks. Also, it's important to note that price
is also going to vary depending on how skilled you are at building
them. For first timers there will be mistakes which make the cost go
up. Finish quality also comes into play here. Obviously a hack-job is
going to be a lot cheaper than something that is polished off.
Personally, I find it hard to really quantify the price spent to
create a coil. Usually I'm building a one-off, and I may go through
several different renditions.
Likewise here.. but it's a question that gets asked periodically, and
rather than leave potential questioners to the not so tender mercies of
Information Unlimited, I thought, hey, why not ask the hive mind.
As you note, there's a huge effect from scrounging. There's a lot of
people who just happen to have things like magnet wire, or the parts to
make a static gap. Then, there's more specialized things.. I've always
found that the HV transformer seems to be the least likely to be
improvised.. it's something you just have to buy ready made, but even
there, there's opportunities for scrounging (please Mr. Neon Sign Shop
Owner, do you have old NSTs?)
(in the days before this list, and the internet in general, that was a
LOT harder.. now, there's a sort of established trade/market in used
NSTs of varying qualities and provenance)
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