Just starting out

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Dan_Gallagher%PULSARNOTES-at-pulsartech-dot-com>

Hi guys,
I may not be worthy of this group because you all sound like highly
intelligent engineers to me. But I've been involved with electronics all my
life. I've been a repair lab tech for years.

My question is I am interested in building my own tesla coil. I'm not
talking about a huge one with 10 foot arcs, maybe 12" or so arcs.

Would you guys have any recommendations for where to start. I work for an
electric utility communications company dealing with communications via
power-line carrier and fiber optics. I am the technical writer here. This
seems to me like it could be a valuable resource for this interest of mine.

Like right now I took from their discards a huge coil that looks like a
cigarette butt stand. You know those cigarette butt stands with the tray of
sand on the top. It seems to me I should be able to use this in some way in
making my tesla coil but without expert advice like from you guys I don't
know.

I'm very interested in starting and I am aware of the safety protocol of
working with high voltage.

Thank you very much.


  Daniel Gallagher -- Graphic designer/Technical writer
                       Pulsar Technologies, Inc.
"THE BRIGHT STAR IN UTILITY COMMUNICATIONS"
   4050 N.W. 121 Ave. Coral Springs, FL 33065 U.S.A.
       954-344-9822 ext. 243 (www.pulsartech-dot-com)