Re: Thanks/Bottle cap?/newbie starting out

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Dan , the Geek group have a good salt-water bucket cap design that uses a
5-gal bucket with lid and beer bottles that avoids a mess and a lot of work.
Cutting a bottle is a lot of work and hard to seal when you finish. If you
use two bucket caps and a grounded NST you can avoid a high voltage problem
on the outside of your buckets. I recomend using Titanium welding rods as
wire and to insulate your wire where the wire makes contact with the
oil/water contact point. This is where the current/salt tends to cut your
wire off with use time. The wire below this surface point dosent fail as
fast.
   Robert  H

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> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:42:40 -0600
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> Subject: Re: Thanks/Bottle cap?/newbie starting out
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> Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
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> Your scheme will work just fine... Find those beer bottles... I wouldn't
> worry about exploding bottles.  The container for the outer electrode of
> the capacitors (i.e. your 5 gal bottle) isn't particularly critical,
> although, stringing some rope through/around it to allow easier moving when
> full.. It's going to weigh a BUNCH (technical term) when loaded with
> bottles and saltwater... and will make a terrible mess if you drop it/spill
> it/etc, leading to potential marital strife (She probably won't appreciate
> how much money you are saving by scrounging when you pour saltwater, broken
> glass, and oil over the floor)
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Dan_Gallagher%PULSARNOTES-at-pulsartech-dot-com>
>> 
>> Terry and everyone else,
>> I've thought about tesla coils for years. But I had no idea there would be
>> such a cool group like this to share it with. I appreciate learning from
>> you all.
>> 
>> Thanks for getting back to me about my secondary. I'll look for #22 wire to
>> rewind it with.
>> 
>> Now the thought about a capacitor comes to mind. I really can't afford to
>> buy all the MMCs from the geek group though, my wife would kill me if I
>> spent $100 for this.
>> 
>> I was thinking last night in my garage (uh-oh) as I was standing there
>> looking at the empty 5 gal. plastic (recycle number #7) water bottles in
>> the corner. Plus earlier I'd been researching salt water and beer bottle
>> cap designs. "poof" like in the cartoons an idea pops into my head.
>> 
>> Couldn't I cut a 5 gal. "Crystal Water" bottle in half, fill it with
>> appropriately prepared beer bottles, then put the water bottle's cut-off
>> top half back on and tape it around the center (clear 2" packing or duct
>> tape maybe), and have the wire come out the hole in the top? I could make
>> one or two of these for capacitors. It seems taping the cut halves together
>> will not only help keep the liquid from spilling out but protect from
>> exploding glass bottles too. Are plastic 1 litre bottles maybe better than
>> glass beer bottles? I'm seeing why you all scrounge parts now. Some of you
>> are probably married like me with not much spare cash and a burning desire
>> for lightning.
>> 
>> I also had the idea that if I cut out a cross-section from the center of
>> the water bottle and made a ring, say 3" tall or so, that could be my
>> primary form. Since my secondary is about 8.5" in diam. the 11" diameter
>> water bottle seems about right. So this water bottle will serve two
>> purposes then. I can be quite resourceful when pressed.
>> 
>> I am so glad I joined this list and am grateful for your guidance. Thank
>> you very much.
>> 
>> Dan
>> Ft. Lauderdale
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