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Re: FIRST LIGHT

AWESOME!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK ON THE SECOND LITE! cul brian
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Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 1:47 PM
Subject: FIRST LIGHT


> Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>
>
> Hello everyone.
> It gives me great pleasure to announce that after some 11 months, many
hours
> of research, reading, asking questions, getting answers (and good ones
too)
> that I am announcing that I achieved First Light at 8:30 PM, Sept 3.
>
> With the help of two friends, we carried the 50 plus pound cabinet (2 foot
> sq by 1 foot high on casters) into my back yard and assembled the 6x24
> Plexiglas secondary (it screws into the top of cabinet), the primary
> platform (sitting on 2x4s to adjust the coupling height) and the 6 inch
> diameter, 22 inch OD, compressed aluminum toroid.
>
> Then I connected an AWG 4 cable to a anchor which is in an older, not used
> satellite dish concrete pier for my RF Ground.
>
> I checked all the components one more time then brought up the Variac
> slowly. At 90 volts I got one measly 6 inch snap. A ground rod target was
> unavailable. In Northern Texas we have set record after record this year.
We
> have gone 65 days without rain. The ground is so hard and so dry that my
> water bill would top out at $100 if I had to soak the ground. Only Mother
> Nature can do that and she isn't ready to! And yesterday we hit 111-112
> degrees. Almost as hot as those sparks!
>
> So, the next step was to force break out. I placed a 3-foot right angle
> aluminum extrusion across the toroid. When I hit 90-100 volts, the
streamers
> started. At 110-120 volts I had a huge group of 18-24 inch writhing,
> serpent-like tongues of electricity and a gorgeous blue corona around the
> entire area.
>
> At 120 volts, I was getting some streamers past 24 inches. I used the
width
> of the toroid for comparison, as by now it was pitch black. I did take
> photos and they will be posted in another day or two. I will provide the
URL
> info later on.
>
> The primary tap still needs to be tweaked. The primary platform is at the
> plane of the secondary winding start. The specs follow:
>
> POWER: Allanson 15KV, 60mA NST
> SAFETY GAP: Standard Fritz MOV Array (thank you Terry!)
> TANK CAPACITOR: EMMC using 5 perf boards. Each board has 20 Seacor
> .047mf/1600V metal polys in series with 10Mohm bleeder resistors across
> each. All perf boards in parallel to provide a total of .0117mF at 32KV
> SPARK GAP: My own new design that I call the TTL, Ted's Totally Linear
gap.
> I will have many close up photos later on but for now...it is comprised of
> nine 1.75 inch diameter by 2.25 inch long copper sweat couplings. Each has
a
> 1/2x1/2x5 inch aluminum U channel bolted to it. They sit, side by side by
> side on top of an 18" long ceramic tile ledge with the U channel over the
> ledge, pointing downwards. Once you insert 2 business cards or 3 playing
> cards between each tube and move each to take up the gap slack, you then
> start to clamp a strip of wood down tightly on the U channel "handles" to
> lock your gap setting using 10 1/4-20 machine screws in-between each U
> channel.
> After running the coil for several minutes, all tubes were only luke warm!
> No fans required.
>
> PRIMARY: 16 Turns, 1/4 Refridgerator tubing with 1/4 spacing. Threaded
into
> 6 HDPE supports (took 4 hours). ID is 8 inches. OD is 24 inches. Current
TAP
> is at turn 13.0
>
> SECONDARY: 6 inch diameter x 30 tall Plexiglas with about 24 inches of #22
> AWG enamel and lots of Polyurethane to seal. Special connectors top and
> bottom to allow fast RFG connection and toroid connection.
>
> TOROID: 8 Foot (started) alumininum compressed duct, 6-inches in diameter.
> 22-inches OD, 9-inches ID. Two steel pie plates bottom to bottom with spot
> JB Welds to secure the edges.
>
> FUSE: Front panel mounted 15A fast blow Edison base fuse
> EMI FILTER: 37A Corcom EMI filer wired backwards
>
> CABINET: rectangle box on casters made of 1/2 birch ply. Sealed and
painted
> sky blue. 2 foot square by 1 foot high. Back, ventilated access door.
Front
> padlock modified RV AC interlock panel to prevent stupid people from
> applying power. Brass interface plumbing to allow quick connection of the
> #4AWG RFG cable.
>
> WEIGHT: about 60 pounds
> HOURS TO CONSTRUCT: About 630 (including reading everything on the list
and
> printing out dozens of e-mails)
> COST TO BUILD (all new parts...zero scrounging) $600 estimated
> WEIGHT LOST BY BUILDER IN TEXAS HEAT: About 5 Pounds
> AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN GARAGE: 105-110 deg.
>
> I don't know about the rest of you but this is my first and last. I am
> amazed at the goals and I wish all the success I have enjoyed with your
> help. You all have my admiration. Tip of the hat and a toast...coiling
> forever.
>
> Now...should I write the great step-by-step, fully illustrated
Construction
> Guide????
>
> Ted Rosenberg
> Ft Worth TX
> Coiler at Large
>
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