[TCML] Automobile mounted Tesla coil

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From: Weinhold Shannon L <Shannon.L.Weinhold at doc.state.or.us>
To: tesla <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Wed, Jul 20, 2011 3:28 pm
Subject: [TCML] Automobile mounted Tesla coil


Well the Tesla coil twin I've been working on for the past several

months is finally complete.

It is mounted on the flatbed of a Frankenstein themed "rat rod". It was

shown to the public for the first time on Friday and was quite a hit. 

A photo of it can be seen on my photo portfolio here:

www.flickriver.com/photos/klasdja

It's a few photos down from the top of the page.

There are also some videos of it on my youtube page. 

www.youtube.com/user/moneraths 



It is a v'ed twin coil with separate primary circuits. The NSTs are

12/60s. The caps are Maxwell .03 30kv pulse caps..2 per circuit in

series. The secondaries are interesting in that the owner choose to have

them fiberglass coated, which made for an extremely rugged coil. The

coating is about 1/8" thick, so the coils are really tolerant to

scratches and bumps. 

The bottom of the secondaries are grounded to one another, and also

grounded to the frame of the truck. The frame of the truck is connected

to earth ground via heavy chain. 

The coils are still dependent on mains power for the time being, but the

rig will be self powered soon via 2 1500 watt dc to ac converters

running off of deep-cycle batteries. 

Note that the coil has not been tuned for optimum performance as of yet.

We found a tap point that the owner found satisfactory and we left it

there for now. 

The streamers connect and there is no breakout where there shouldn't be,

making the coil fairly safe for onlookers within a fairly tight radius

of the vehicle. 

Just thought I'd share. These have brought me a fair amount of fame and

future potential business in the local area. 

Woo-hoo!



Shannon Weinhold

Klasdja Intelligent Innovations

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