Re: bummed

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr@xxxxxxx>

Steven...

I finally got around to looking at your pictures...

Im gonna be real "critical"  maybe even harsh  heck maybe insultive... BUT ...

reading your last post before this one about trying your caps to test them 
out  ???   umm  what was that you had as far as caps?  2 tupperware 
containers lined with foil?

do you have any idea what caps are?  Caps are MULTIPLE  layers of 
dielectric ( insulator) and conductive material layered in such a manner 
that the layers are  seperated by the insultor are next to each other in 
MULTIPLE  layers   ( like 30 - 50 layers for homemade caps)    what I saw 
was a tupperware container with 1 layer of aluminum....    no way enuf 
capacitance  to even work on the coil you designed....   as I sed in my 
previous post... spend the money on a good cap set    be it a MMC or 
something from Ebay  (  best bet a Maxwell Cap)    you can not be cheap on 
the cap   no way around it ...   homemade caps will cost you more in the 
long run than buying "real" commercially made cap set....
and how do I know this???  I have made 3 styles of homemade caps and the 
money I spent on making them was 5X more than what I spent on a set of 
commercially made "Ebay" bought caps...

I seriously suggest you should do some research on cap design before you go 
any further in your coiling ...   really hate to see a prospective coiler 
drop from the ever growing list but without some kind of desire to take the 
time to learn and understand what you are dealing with,,,,,   Id rather see 
you leave coiling due to not understanding the "system" than to see you 
leave coiling due to a hi volt contact mishap....    sorry to be so 
vocal     but I had to...     you are eager to accomlish a coil but not 
disciplined enuf to understand the overall picture and dangers...

take a step back   listen to what has been said to you and take heed of 
what you are getting into    READ ALL of the Tesla Coil Ring Web Sites ( 
and you will notice that 90% have a disclaimer about death distruction and 
electrocution)  WE ARE NOT KIDDING about this....   even a MOT can kill 
you....

dont be so eager to accomplish something without learninng about it
be eager to learn about it first    applying what you have learned is more 
rewarding than accomplishing something without the knowledge....
anybody can break something   but it takes a person with knowledge to make 
something....

Scot D



Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm bummed cuz i tried my tc and id did exactly what i expected it to do, 
> nothing. I can't find out what the resonant freq is. i don't even know 
> that my retarted tc even has one. i aint got a clue as to the math i need 
> if i were to go about getting my caps oriented to whatever freq i ned to 
> put them at. basically, i'm up the creek without a paddle, and theres 
> probbly a waterfall.
>
>            Steven Steele