Re: First light?

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Original poster: "Wells Campbell by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com>

Congrats...

I would say perhaps have a few more root beers, say 2 more 6-packs. the
tune point will change, fewer turns of primary to keep frequency same...the
extra capacitance will give you more energy per bang. my SW cap is way
too small, and it has 14 bottles. 

cheers

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Wells Campbell
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---- "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Bob Bozarth by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jbdetails-at-prodigy-dot-net>
> 
>     Well, I've never built a Tesla coil before so this is kind of a
> big deal to
> me. Using a tesla coil, I made sparks for the first time! Even though
> they were
> faint and only 3" long, I feel pretty good about it. Nowhere to go
> but up I
> guess. I suppose a little tuning is in order.
>     
>     Just in case anyone is interested... I started of with a 15K 30ma
> NST. A
> spark gap that came from a plasma torch (unknown material). A six pack
> of
> rootbeer SWcaps still in six pack carrier. Then onto 13 turns of flat
> primary
> 8ga stranded well pump wire that I stripped clean of all plastic to
> make tuning
> a little simpler. I set all this up on my 4'x5' steel welding table.
> NST
> sitting on a piece of glass, primary mounted to a piece of 1/4" thick
> hardiboard, then the secondary sitting on the same piece centered on
> the
> primary. The windings on the secondary started about 1/2" or so higher
> than the
> primary. I drilled a 3/16" hole in the center of the board to allow
> the lower
> wire from the secondary to slip through and rest on the table top.
> 
>  
>     Any pointers? Anyone? Anyone?
>  
>    Bob Bozarth
> 
> 
> 
> 

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