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Re: [TowerTalk] Tesla's birthday

To: Bill Aycock <billaycock@centurytel.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tesla's birthday
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:12:56 -0700
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Bill Aycock wrote:
> Andy--
> The Tesla coil is really two coils, with the primary usually wound as a flat 
> spiral as a disk at the base of the other, which is a vertical tower. I 
> think that what you are calling a  "Fan" is the primary.
> Bill-W4BSG
> 

Bill is right.  That's a flat spiral or inverted cone primary, and the 4 
"blades" are the supports for the turns. Cardboard on a quick and dirty, 
some nicer insulating material for others (I use HDPE cutting boards).
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