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Re: Need Help With School Project

Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

you came to the right place...

How limited are your funds?
Totally low buck: Scrounge a GM HEI coil at the junkyard, pull the core, and
hook up a light dimmer and a capacitor.   Lest you think this is totally
lame, the current record is sparks more than a foot long.

Next tier up: Get a neon sign transformer, make beer bottle in 5 gal plastic
bucket cap,  use some copper pipe scraps for the spark gap, scrounge some
wire and wind a secondary. Buying ALL the parts new will probably run you
around $150, with no scrounging.  Scrounging... under $50


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:01 PM
Subject: Need Help With School Project


> Original poster: "M Duce" <mduce@xxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hello,
> I am new to this mailing list and need some help. I saw pictures of Tesla
> coils on the Internet and decided to make one for a school project. I have
> limited funds and need to hand in the project by next month. If anyone has
> any ideas about how I should go about doing this I would be grateful.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Mitchell
>
>