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Re: NO VARIAC USE FOR TUNING?



Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Matt,
>
>         Tunning Tesla coils without a variac can be done but it is kind
of risky
> and nerve rattling.  If something goes wrong, the full power can damage
> stuff.  Although, a 9/30 coil is not as bad as larger coils.
>
> Perhaps you could put a 200 watt lightbulb in series with the AC input to
> sort of act like a ballast to reduce the power during tuning.  I have never
> done this, but it may work unless the other list members know something I
> don't.
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry
>
> At 08:44 PM 03/10/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Has any one ever tried tuning a coil without a variac?Would it be a problem
> >for only a 9kv30ma powered coil?--Matt
> >

I tune my first coil just with 100 W lamps :1 , after 2 parallel ,3...
until they
don't light that mean your at full power.

Luc Benard (Montreal)