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Registered Member #1258
Joined: Wed Jan 23 2008, 11:52AM
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
Posts: 20
sorry for being away for a while guys, i had a testweek in school so i had to study a lot... after my last test on friday i continued my tesla project. i now have two vacuüm cleaners which i will use to ventilate my primary gap. i also finished my beer bottle cap. now updated to 24 bottles in a beercase. i'm gonna make a primary coil and gap now and take some pics of my new stuff :)
Registered Member #1258
Joined: Wed Jan 23 2008, 11:52AM
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
Posts: 20
hi guys, i fixed my new primary gap and made a vid. could you check it out and give some feedback about how it's running? i had kind of a hard time getting it to spark all three electrodes and not just one... any advice?
Registered Member #1083
Joined: Mon Oct 29 2007, 06:16PM
Location: Upland, California
Posts: 256
On my mini coil, my spark gap is inside a short segment of gray pvc pipe and on either side are hoses of the same size running off to the sides. On one of the hose ends, I have a high power leaf blower and the results are a HUGE improvement from the weak shop vac exhaust. The hoses allow me to have the blower far enough away from the coil so it doesn't drown out the sound of the sparks, and the powerful blower lets me get away with using a single gap. The gap stays cold because of the massive amount of air being moved across the electrodes.
Registered Member #1258
Joined: Wed Jan 23 2008, 11:52AM
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
Posts: 20
i can change it again, no problem. would that be more effective? and how would i be able to adjust the gap size? or is that unneccessairy? (i would be amazed if i spelled that right l0l)
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