Re: My 4 inch Tesla Coil (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:00:07 EDT
From: Ln2guy42@xxxxxxx
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: My 4 inch Tesla Coil  (fwd)

Thank you all for all your comments!
 
I know that my power supply is low, that's because my parents are concerned  
about my safety and they don't want me getting hurt. In fact, I had to earn 
that  6kv 30ma transformer. When I first wanted to build the tesla coil, my dad  
wouldn't let me use mains power, so I built a battery powered flyback  
transformer driver circuit. I used that to power my tesla coil for a  couple of 
months before buying the NST. The video of the DC Tesla Coil is at 
_http://youtube.com/watch?v=_oQNf1T0dnY_ (http://youtube.com/watch?v=_oQNf1T0dnY)  
 
Unfortunately, my NST died recently, so I just ordered a 15kv 30ma (450  
watts)NST off of ebay. I am hoping to get longer discharges with that. 
 
I was wondering if anyone could explain to me why my other NST died. 
I was trying it with an asynchronous rotary spark gap with the TC and I had  
only run it for about 10 seconds for the first time that day, when it just  
stopped arcing. I had no filters or any rf chokes which is what I suspect was  
what caused it. I didn't think I needed them because I was dealing with such 
low  power.
On my next transformer I will definitely put in a terry filter on it. 
 
You guys are really nice!
Thank you
Amir
 
 



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