Re: NSTand PT replacement xmfrs

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Original poster: Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 5/31/04 1:33:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <Electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>

That may be true, but not everyone has the money, time, expertise, tools,
etc to build a solid state coil.  A spark gap coil is much simpler to
trouble shoot, and get working, and can be more reliable.

Regards - Jim Mitchell

Perhaps also significant (to some of the over-40 crowd) is the aesthetic. A 
plastic monolith PSU does not appeal to everyone, just as sailplane 
enthusiasts don't often use rocket-assist take-off, and most model-T owners 
do not have turbochargers on their toys. My small horizontal tesla/oudin 
coil is still powered from a 6 V lead-acid battery through an ignition coil 
that is in a pitch-filled, dove-tailed, wooden box that has the Ford logo 
branded on the front of it. She ain't efficient, but she's real pretty.
  (My canoe doesn't have an inboard diesel either) ;-)))

     At some point, an XXXXYYZ-TC sort of ceases to be a TC, doesn't it?

Matt D.
Certified Auldphart and Boy Wonder (emeritus)