Re: RassaFrassa#$^-at-&!!!

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Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

David: last winter my coil got cold and broke loose from the coil form
leaving gap spacings in the coil. I feel for you and your loss.
    Robert   H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:42:01 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: RassaFrassa#$^-at-&!!!
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 > Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:50:29 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi All,
 >
 > I was just sizing up my 15" coil for recycling into a maggie.  The
 > secondary had 454 turns of #14 and a Fr of 110-120KHz.  I was thinking of
 > stripping it to 200 turns, and reusing the 9 turn 3/8" tubing primary.
 >
 > The secondary must of had second thoughts, as it just fell over, damaging
 > all the poly in a nice line all the way up to the top.  At least copper is
 > paying good at the scrap yard, as I now have 30# of it.
 >
 > The business end of the plan is going to be a 6" coil with 1000T of #26,
 > with a 34x8" torrid from the bulk buy.  Both the driver and base of the
 > extra coil will have corona rings sized to the diameter. (Yes, they will
 > have a gap.)  The extra coil pedastal will raise the base of the coil
 > approx 4-4 1/2' above the ground.  Power, at least to start, will be the
 > coils original 15/120 NST supply with a SRSG using two sets of
 > electrodes.  I would like to go with a set of Maxwell type caps, but I
 > still have enough room in the base for a MMC.
 >
 > David E Weiss
 >
 >