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Re: Big Bruiser

Original poster: "CHRISTOPHER HOOPER" <azdrspark@xxxxxxx>
Wow two days of sparks. Yes, when Karen and I drove away after thon is stated to rain and rain for the next three days until we flew out. Did not get to show her the river rides so got to come back this year.....!
I also plan on bringing my 10Kva DRSSTC @ http://www.drspark.org/fatboy1_rebuild.htm 

singing coil @ http://www.drspark.org/SABSSTC.htm


Rgs,
Christopher @ www.drspark.com





From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Big Bruiser
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:34:28 -0600

Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Thanks Bart.
We overheated the reactor a bit. Hope to add another 25 Amps on the input side next year with a larger reactor and more cooling. This will take us to full output at 26.5 kVA. I also want to hang a small rod off the top at a 20 degree up angle --- then the sparks will arc up and out traveling a further distance before going downward. At present the video shows it arcing to our forklift and a Faraday cage with different people inside. It looks like there are primary strikes but it isn't real. We have three "primary protectors" on separate stands at 120 degrees --- they are approx 18 inches out from the primary coil on small stands. Plug in with 25 amp bananna plugs/receptacles for easy setup and teardown.
Next is the TeslaFest (our Cheesehead Teslathon, aka Lightning on the Lawn) scheduled for Sept. 8th --- weekend after Labor Day. This year we also hope to include our two new fabrications --- "The Wheel of Death" and "Cardiac Arrest"! Chris Hooper hopes to bring his excellent bipolar horizontal coil and his very unique "singing Tesla coil". I hear Steve W. and Sean are working on a larger Marx gen. I also hope to have a dual doorknob/stage Marx running at 1.6 MEV if time permits us to finish it. 

We may even consider expanding to a 2 day event to accomodate more visitors.
We were very very lucky. About 2 hrs after the Thon ended it started raining hard --- and it rained for 3 days almost continuous! Strange weather in Wis. for September when it's usually very dry and a bit cool. 

Hope you can make it next year.

Dr. Resonance


Subject: Re: Big Bruiser



Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hey DC,

The video came through GREAT! Lot's of arcs and sparks!!!
A fantastic video for anyone wondering just what type of sparks to expect from a large high powered coil. Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. 

Take care,
Bart


Tesla list wrote:


Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


I recently posted Big Bruiser on You Tube.
Just go to You Tube and do a search for: "Lightning on the Lawn" and it will pop up. approx 3 min. in length. 


Dr. Resonance