Re: Australian Newbie

["Gregory Hunter" <ghunter31014-at-xxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Hi QX,

I think you answered your own question.  You've
already mentioned your power supply problem, so solve
it first, before you spend time or money on anything
else.  In areas where NSTs are hard to find and where
transformer rewinding shops are reluctant to sell pole
pigs to the public, buying or building a high voltage
supply can be the single most bothersome obstacle for
a newbie coiler.

My $.02 worth.

Happy transformer hunting!

Greg
www.angelfire-dot-com/ga3/tesla

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: Quantum-X-at-Qserve.8m-dot-com 
> 
> Hiya.
> 
> I'm a total newbie [I can hear you groaning from
> here :P]- I'm looking at 
> making a coil similar to the specs -at- 
> http://www.fwpd-dot-net/dona/tesla/teslacoil.htm
> Finding major components [such as NST's and Caps] is
> not as easy as i 
> thought...  I have been donated a 3kV Microwave
> Transformer, but I am 
> hesitant to use it [pulling current doesn't appeal
> to me] - I read that I 
> should create the coil, and add the caps and
> transformer last- is this a 
> good idea?
> 
> I would appreciate any help concerning capacitor
> recommendations, which are 
> really confusing me. As this is my first coil I
> really want to balance the 
> equations with performance [Eg, I don't want to get
> too bogged down in 
> theory, but i still want an OK performing coil].
> 
> If anyone would be able to help me out with parts,
> or point me to a 
> commercial source [Australia preferably] I would
> really appriciate it.
> 
> Thanks.
> QX
> 
> 
> 


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