RE: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

Good advice, just one minor point, it's *kilo* volts.

p pico  10^-12
n nano  10^-9
µ micro 10^-6
m mili  10^-3
k kilo  10^3
M mega  10^6
G giga  10^9
T tetra 10^12

Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>

I really suggest you move to glass bottles, I have been experimenting
with
glass saltwater caps recently, and the glass seems to be a much better
option. I have had 10kilavolts puncture some cheap plastic bottles even
when
not immersed in a liquid. You might find some very large cheap bottles
at
the store and just buy them, empty the liquid and use them. I scrounged
"Community dumps"(read: wilderness areas with household trash dumped in
them) to get some glass bottles for the capacitors I am making.

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Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!


  > Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com>
  >
  > NOO, i dunno whats wrong, i emptiesd the caps, refilled them with
salt
  > water,and a layer of motor oil, wrapped in foil, put in foiled pan,
and
when
  > i fired the coil, the gap fired, and there was also a REALLY REALLY
BRIGHT
  > AND LOUD spark on one of the terminals of the caps, then after a
second it
  > stopped getting loud and the spark on the caps just stayed there, i
  > unplugged it. This happened twice, can someone tell me what the -at-!#$
just
  > happened? how do i fix it, i still only got 1 inch spark max when i
touched
  > a rod to the topload, otherwise no spark! Please help
  >
  > Ravi
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
  > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:47 PM
  > Subject: Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!
  >
  >
  >  > Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net>
  >  >
  >  > pop bottles are plastic, at least around here
  >  >
  >  >
  >  > ----- Original Message -----
  >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
  >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
  >  > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:50 PM
  >  > Subject: Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!
  >  >
  >  >
  >  >  > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
  >  >  >
  >  >  > Soda bottles?!? Aluminum?  If so that will not work you need
glass
  >  > bottles.
  >  >  >
msnip.............