Re: NEWBIE

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Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net> 

All,

Rob's site has some pictures of the twin - see:
http://www.area31-dot-org/rwsmap.html

-- Bert --

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: humanb-at-chaoticuniverse-dot-com
>I don't know if he is still on the list, but Robert W.
>Stephens' built and took some of the best photos of a
>incredible twin coils. I am sure the photos are floting
>around some where, perhaps some else knows?
>Regards,
>David Trimmell
>On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:13:26 -0700, "Tesla list" wrote:
>  >
>  > 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
>
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