Re: 44 inches with 450 watt NST

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 3/7/03 8:15:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Dan,

Not quite.  Nolan removed some shunts, so it's no longer a 450
watt NST.  He said it draws 8 - 13 amps.  If we figure an average
around 10.5 amps, this equals 1260VA for 44" sparks  !!

John


>Wow.  44 inches.  That blows the John Freau spark length formula out of the
>water.
>And to think you did it with a 7.5kV/60mA transformer.
>
>Do you have any pictures of this coil in action???
>
>The Captain
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