Re: Magnifiers

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Magnifiers
From: "Jeff W. Parisse" <jparisse-at-teslacoil-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 05:50:36 -0600
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Alan,

The 8J was making 12'-13' foot arcs with 55 amps. The Model
5M (Bill's Magnifier) was putting out 7'-8' foot arcs judging from the
photographs. I don't believe we had an ammeter on the maggie.

Jeff Parisse, Director
kVA Effects
www.teslacoil-dot-com


> I was fortunate enough to attend the SoCal Teslathon and
> see both a Magnifier and a BIG Tesla coil spit out arcs the same size
using
> the same exact PIG. Both coils were very impressive, but the Mag(if i
> remembered my info correctly) sucked up about 75amps and threw around
10-15
> foot sparks while the normal coil sucked 100amps to make the same size
spark.
> Someone correct me if i'm wrong.
> -Alan