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Re: The worlds Largest Coil
If you really want to build the biggest coil in the world, you should
talk to Greg Leyh, the Electrum guy. www.lod-dot-org is his website I
believe. His Advanced Lightning Facility proposal is pretty
interesting. I remember hearing that the coils(!) he's proposing are
within 10% of the theoretical limit on coil size, although I won't
pretend I know what those limits are. So if he actually gets the darn
thing built, it'll not only be the 2 biggest coils in the world, it'll
be the 2 biggest coils possible, more or less!!! Pretty exciting
stuff. If I was Bill Gates I'd write him a check in a heartbeat:)
I would be interested in hearing from any list members on what the
upper limits on tesla coil size are. I remember it had something to
do with the frequency getting too low, maybe?
paul
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Subject: The worlds Largest Coil
Author: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> at InterNet
Date: 3/6/00 1:14 PM
Original Poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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Proposed design ideas.
Remove one (or both) of the existing stacks and use the heavy foundation to
mount the coil on. This gives us 10 stories above ground to start with.
The coil is to be the largest of it's type in the world with a minimum
margin of 10% to the existing record holder.
The coil is to be of permanant construction and design. With a duty cycle of
at least 1 5min run every 24 hours at midnight.
The coil is to be impervious to the effects of rain, snow, and 50MPH wind
gusts. (Can guy lines be used?)
The coil is to have a discharge point in order to prevent damage to the
building beneath it and strikes to the HV power lines (138KV)in the
substation next to it while still makeing thew longest possible arcs. Ideas?
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Have fun:)
Chris B.
The Geek Group
www.geekgroup-dot-org
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