RE: The Tabletop Tesla Coil Showdown - OFFICIAL RULES and WEBSITE

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



>>>>>This is getting entirely ridiculous - I'm not even interested in
hosting the event anymore.
The original intent of this entire informal contest was NOT to be a contest
of who can build a better
coil using a better type of method / configuration, but who could build the
most efficient coil using only conventional elements.


Why don't you let people use their imagination?

>>>>>>>>Because this isn't the intent of this informal competition. This
little contest was supposed to be just a very, very small informal event
amoung about 3-4 people originally to be held at a local tesla event next
year.  Someone suggested I should extend this event to "the group" as others
may be interested as well.  Now I am getting all this whining and
complaining and am sorry i even suggested this event to "the group" at all
now.

If people get better 
sparks using rectified/voltage multipliers or magnifier systems, this 
will indicate that these methods are better, not only for TTTCs, but 
possibly for the rest of us with bigger coils.

>>>>>>>>Just, but this isn't the purpose of this contest.  Efficiency is the
purpose, not who has the better method.

Why not simply set the 
voltage/current requirements of the initial power supply and see what 
people can do. This whole idea is getting silly. Why not let people 
try using a small tank cap with high BPS or a large tank cap with low 
BPS, and so on. Otherwise it comes down purely to losses in the 
primary/secondary circuits which those of us with more money are able 
to minimise because they can afford low loss coilforms etc. I want to 
see people's ingenuity win this competition. Let's just see who can 
do what with a 4kV, 20mA transformer, using their crazy ideas.

>>>>>>>>>My original idea was use a 4kV, 20mA transformer, a static gap, a
capacitor, primary and secondary.  Nothing less, nothing more.  Using only
these building blocks, build a damn coil that outperforms the rest. The
winner is clearly the one with the most understanding of this configuration
and of all the losses etc... 

>>>>>>>I'm officially tired of this endless whine so I'm AUDI!!!!  Go
organize your own contest.

My two bucks!
Dan



My two cents,

Greg.