Stoneridge Engineering Home |
--Previous Message-- Thanks for the advice! I have spent lots of time on both the pupman list and the tesla-2 list researching and planning. I am planning on winding a new secondary for my coil. I have an acrylic tube about 15in long and 3in diameter, would this be a good form, or should I use PVC? I have read that PVC is not a good form but I dont know why. If I use #26 wire (which I can buy from McMAster-Carr cheap) how many turns should be on the secondary? I will probably use a flat spiral primary. Oh yeah, my lamp dimmer died Where can I easily get another transistor-powered lamp dimmer-like circuit, or build one? I have some power transistors I believe somewhere... I want it to be powered by AC as i dont have a good DC source, but i could build one i believe fairly easily. Also, the beer bottle cap- should the bottles be in salt water, or just wrapped in foil? Putting them in salt water would increase their capatince per bottle, right? Thanks for your help! =Rockinriley14=
: Hi,
: There are a number of potential problems, all which are combining to
: reduce your coil's performance. The secondary diameter should be at
: least 2", and you should wind it with some new 26 - 28 AWG magnet
: wire. Make the secondary winding at least 12" long. If your 2 liter
: pop bottle is made from plastic it will be very lossy - it should be
: made from a number of glass bottles (beer bottles work well) instead.
: You also may want to make a small toroid out of some small aluminum
: dryer duct once you've gone to a larger secondary. You may be able to
: connect the two ignition coils in parallel to get more current, but you
: may need to reverse the connections to the primary of one of them so
: that they don't "fight" each other. Eventually, a Neon Sign
: Transformer will provide you with much better performance. Do not use
: the microwave oven transformer - it's overkill for a small coil.
: You also may want to check out some of the sources listed on my site for
: more information, especially the Pupman or Tesla-2 mailing lists:
: http://205.243.100.155/frames/build1.html
: Good luck and play safely!
: -- Bert --
:
Message Thread
« Back to index | View thread »