Re: [TCML] Hoyt Axton Tesla Coil

[Grenadier <teravolt.org@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Frank <fxrays@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I won a nice Tesla coil off Ebay. It was custom built for Hoyt Axton by
> Bill Wysock.
> It ended up in Montana where Hoyt spent his final years.
> You can Goggle Hoyt for his bio.
> I have it home and cleaned up and working.
> I had to replace the power cord and cap and get a new key made for the key
> switch and tighten all connections.
> The original cap was a glass oil filled one and it had gotten cracked and
> all the oil leaked out at some point.
> If anyone would like pix of it and I would be happy to send about a 3mb
> file of pictures and info.
> Appears to have a 9kv NST (no data plate on the xfmr)  and a 0.01 mfd cap
> with a 5" dia secondary and about 15 1/2" of windings on clear Lucite
> tubing.
> Has a single 1/2" dia tungsten spark gap and a 5" copper sphere top load.
> Will throw about an 8" spark.
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