Where to put the coil guts

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Original poster: "Jim DeLillo by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimdel-at-bellatlantic-dot-net>

Aside from portability, why does everybody put the "guts" of the coil in a
base underneath?
Is it possible to place them remote from the coil(s), like in a separate
room? or are the losses too great?
Or other issues like running long lengths of HV cable being dangerous?

Just curious.

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