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Re: Bert Pool's big coil




From: 	Bert Pool[SMTP:bertpool-at-flash-dot-net]
Sent: 	Monday, July 28, 1997 2:07 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Bert Pool's big coil 

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> From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
> Sent: 	Sunday, July 27, 1997 5:10 PM
> To: 	Tesla List
> Subject: 	Re: New pictures 
> 
> Bert Pool wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Stepping back from magnifiers for a short while, Bill Emery and I are
> > winding the largest conventional coil we've ever attempted.  It is
> > 18.5 inches in diameter and 55.50 inches in length and is wound with
> > 14 gauge wire.  The complete coil and form will weigh over 300
> > pounds.  We will run this as a conventional coil, not a magnifier.
> > We expect minimum 15 foot sparks, and maybe some as long as 18 feet.
> 
> My bet is that you'll get them;  however you may need to raise the
> coil away from the ground significantly, or the ground strikes will
> limit the ultimate spark length.


Yeah, Bill agrees that we'll have to move it up - maybe we'll hang it 
upside down like Richard Hull does his maggies! <grin>

> 
> > The toroid will have a cross section of 20 inches and will be 8 feet
> > in diameter.
> 
> Those toroid dimensions sound familiar...
> Are you using an 1800/2100 R49 earthmover innertube as the toroid form?
> 

No, we have found a source of 20 inch diameter aluminum flex-duct.  A 
25 foot length is about $63 without tax.

> >
> > We already have the coil form for a 28.5 inch diameter secondary.  We
> > have 70 pounds of the 200+ pounds of 10 gauge enamel wire with which
> > we will wind it.  We'll start with the 8 foot toroid and go from there.
> 
> Thumbs up!  You're not going to operate _that_ in your front yard, are you?
> BTW, what is the proposed winding length on the 28.5" secondary?

As a matter of fact, we probably will run it out in front.  We've 
taken a tape measure and if we set up where my driveway meets 
the street, and supposing that we could produce 32 foot sparks (quite 
a stretch, I admit), then we'd hit both the front of the garage and a 
metal light pole across the street simultaneously.  That would be 
awesome, indeed.

The length of the 28.5 inch coil will be three times its diameter, or 
85.5 inches in length.

> 
> 
> -GL
Bert Pool
TCBFW
bertpool-at-flash-dot-net