RE: NEWBIE

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Original poster: "BrianB" <brianb-at-antelecom-dot-net> 

Ian,

You might be interested in seeing the "Mini Twin". It sparked a lot of
discussion back when it was built.
http://www.briananddebbie-dot-com/images/Tesla/Mini-Twin/mini-twin.htm

Regards,
Brian B.


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:13 AM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE: NEWBIE

Original poster: "Ian McLean" <ianmm-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>

As a matter of interest, has anyone on this list built a bipolar coil,
and
got some running pictures.  I sure would like to see some.

Rgs
Ian.

  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
  > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 11:51 am
  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
  > Subject: Re: NEWBIE
  >
  >
  > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
  >
  > You want to run the coils inside a sphere made of wire mesh,
  > etc?  or more
  > like a plasma sphere?
  > In any case, you can make a small coil and shield it
  > appropriately, so that
  > it won't cause interference.
  > A small bipolar coil inside a "faraday cage" might be just
  > the ticket for
  > you... you'd get that long spark between two electrodes, and
  > the faraday
  > cage would serve the dual purpose of safety and containing the EMI.
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
  > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:03 AM
  > Subject: NEWBIE
  >
  >
  >  > Original poster: Wil <wil-at-deathlord-dot-net>
  >  >
  >  >   Hi all, newbie here. I am a halloween fan and build
  > haunted house props.
  >  > I am currently trying to find a couple of tesla coils to
  > sit atop the back
  >  > posts of an electric chair. I was hoping to set them up to
  > spark to each
  >  > other and perhaps set the primary coil inside 10" or
  > smaller spheres. Is
  >  > this crazy or can this be done? Also, I just read
  > something about the
  > tesla
  >  > frying electronic equipment that may be on the same
  > transformer or is it
  >  > power leg or what? I know I have had problems with my
  > small jacobs ladder
  >  > triggering some of my sensitive automated animatronics, so
  > there can be
  >  > transformer or coil interference. How serious is this
  > problem if I wanted
  >  > to just "plug in" these two coils on the chair to the same
  > power that the
  >  > rest of the animatronic would be running off of?
  >  >
  >  > Thanks.
  >  >
  >  > Wil
  >  >