Re: A couple cruddy coil pics

["D.Wightman" <dwightman-at-xxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

You can also go to (area31-dot-org). I've tried those rings on my coil and i
must say that they work very well. I have pics of them on my site at
http://home.mmcable-dot-com/surplus

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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: A couple cruddy coil pics


> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Roberts coil pics are at my web site. Here's the direct url:
>
>  http://www.classictesla-dot-com/photos/rws/rwsmap3.html
>
> Bart
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Mike Novak" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com>
> >
> > Any body know the URL for the pics of Robert Stevens' coil? I bookmarked
it
> > a while back but have since lost it. :(
> > The coil was really cool looking with those rings on the secondary and
he
> > even had a hangar for it complete with a gantry crane to set the
secondary
> > in place. Thanks,
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > > Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> > >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Nice observation. I took another look at the image, saved it to disk,
then
> > > changed the gamma to 1.8. The rings were then clearly visible and kind
of
> > > tinted
> > > blue? This is a similar design that Robert Stevens' has used. If I
> > remember
> > > correctly, these type of disks are used to increase surface creep
distance
> > > between top potential and ground along the secondary's length. But
"cool"
> > is
> > > another likely candidate. It will be interesting to hear if the disks
were
> > used
> > > to correct a problem.
> > >
> > > Bart
>
>
>