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Hi Paul, This is a bit off topic for this mailing list. You may wish to consider joining the Tesla Coil Mailing List (TCML) at www.pupman.com for extended
OK, so now I've seen something I've never heard of or seen before. The simple two post spark gap I made for my bipolar Tesla coil runs hot (not surprising), so
Recent developments . . . I fried one of the 20KV Chinese radio capacitors. There was a flash, and the coil went dead. I checked the cap with a meter and it's
After tinkering with components for a year, I finally lashed together my first Tesla coil yesterday. Inspired by a design I saw in the Lindsay Pubs. reprint
... Of course, but I was puzzled why the clock, out of all the appliances and devices in the house, was the only thing affected. I use rabbit ear antennas on