RE:newbie

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Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Chris,

So much has changed in the last few years that most books are sort of 
out of date.  I would suggest this web page instead:

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/tesla.shtml

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/parts.html
http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/operation.html#operation

Plenty of coils here:

http://j.webring.com/hub?ring=teslaring

Formulas here:

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/FormulasForTeslaCoils.pdf

JAVA program here:

http://www.classictesla.com/java/javatc.html

I have never heard of the book you mention.  If it is "new" it might 
be pretty good.  Many of the Lindsay books are old and more of 
historical interest.  I have many books from them and they are very 
nice to read but the data is normally no longer valid.  If you get 
the book, let us know!

More - I found this:

http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks8/tchb/index.html

That does not look like the most efficeint Tesla coil on Earth 
;-))  The book was written at least before 1996 so there will not be 
anything "modern" in it.

Cheers,

        Terry



At 08:02 AM 10/3/2006, you wrote:


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:53 AM
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>
> Hello all,
>  AM in the study stages of a coil project and am fascinated by the wealth of
> info posted here. However, can anyone suggest some good books which will not
> lead me on the incorrect path (if there is such a thing)? Am looking in
> Lindsay publications at the tesla coil handbook by Todd A Pringle. Anyone
> heard of it? All suggestions are appreciated--Thanks-Chris