Re: [TCML] How Important is Location?

["Alice" <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Bob and everyone,

Thank you all for answering my question so clearly.  It does seem location 
does make a bit of difference.

Gary said, "If using a static spark gap, assuming that no adjustment was 
made for altitude, the gap breakdown voltage for a given gap width will be 
lower at high altitudes.  This would result in a smaller "bang" size and 
lower performance, so to keep things equal, a high-altitude coil would need 
the gap width expanded to compensate."

Is this an easy thing....to tweek a screw or whatever to expand the spark 
gap?  (What I mean by easy is that only a simple adjustment is required, not 
the need to replace whole parts.)

Thanks for the welcome, Bob.

Best wishes, Becky


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert massa" <massahbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] How Important is Location?


Being a new coiler myself and fried obit's and capacitors with abandon, can 
only attest that my coil produces better sparks when the humidity is low. It 
is slight, but there seems to definitely be a difference. Welcome and as my 
favorite canadian says " hang in there, we're all in this together"
Best regards, Bob
--- On Mon, 3/29/10, Alice <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Alice <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TCML] How Important is Location?
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 11:19 AM


Hello everyone,

I was reading how you all were discussing whether or not the 50 or 60hz of 
different countries is an issue. I was wondering about another location 
issue, sea level vs. mountaintop. If one made a Tesla coil that works 
perfectly at sea level and then took it to a mountaintop, would it work the 
same way? I know cooking directions are slightly different for high 
altitude, would it be the same case here? I recall reading something Tesla 
wrote where he said there was some sort of difference.

I just joined, by the way. I am from Florida. I recently have been reading a 
lot about Tesla and his coils. I am new to this. Please try to answer me in 
a not too complex fashion as I am not an electrical engineer.

Thank you all,

Becky
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