Re: Beginner information

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Original poster: robert heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Joel;   The first step is to know your resorces. Do you have to buy
everything or do you have available parts? Do you have time or are you
restricted ?  Do you like to use your hands or are you mechanicly restricted
         You say you made a 1200 v  Van de graph, did you buy it, use it ,or
build it.?  A Tesla coil is a totaly differant world. The Tesla coil is a
high power hobby that has basic dangers that are not found with low power
devices. A low power Van De graph is touchable , a Tesla coil will slap you
across the room and make you wonder what you did.  If you are looking for a
safe path start with a Kicker coil or auto ignition coil or transistor
project that way errors will be less danderous and less costly. The results
will be less spectacular.  The sparks will be a few inches and the cost will
be $20 or so.
    Robert   H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:59:50 -0600
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: RE: Beginner information
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:08:10 -0600
 >
 > Original poster: "Tom Luttrell PWRCOM" <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au>
 >
 >
 > Joel there are others, but this is quite possibly the best info you will
 > find online, Richie has done an excellent job with this site:
 >
 > http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/tesla.shtml
 >
 >
 >> Original poster: Joel <Number6-at-gmail-dot-com>
 >>
 >> My name is Joel, and I'm 16 years old. I've been interested in Tesla
 >> coils for a number of years, and I've finally got up the nerve to
 >> build one. The problem is I've never learn't much about the theory
 >> behind them after all this time (although I am extremely aware of the
 >> dangers). I would appreciate if someone could recommend some web pages
 >> for me to read through that contain the necessary information. My
 >> previous high voltage experience has only been with a tiny (<12000 V)
 >> Van De Graaff generator that I built from plans on www.scitoys-dot-com
 >> (still enough to fill my bedroom with ozone though). My goal is to
 >> build a small coil powered from a wall wart or batteries capable of
 >> producing fairly tiny (1 inch perhaps?)  arcs. Is this a resonable
 >> (read possible) goal?
 >>
 >> Thanks
 >>
 >> Joel
 >
 >