The Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy
Museum
http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com
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6" Pancake Tesla Coil
with Cigar Box and Edison Record Power Supplies
3-4" Sparks, 16.5 Watt Tesla Coil
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Completed Coil, 500 turns of wire. Hard rubber (Ebonite/Vulcanite)
post, 3/4" Ball Terminal. Primary windings are coming out of the
side.
Outermost turn of the secondary coil is grounded to one leg of the primary
winding.
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500 turn Pancake Coil when being wound...
91 Layers, Approx. 5 1/2 turns per layer - 6" diameter, 27 AWG wire with
.015" thick interleave material.
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First power supply is constructed out of a thick Edison Record for a base!
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1650V 10mA Transformer. Reactance Coil above transformer, 3kV .05 mfd condenser, spark gap
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Cigar Box Power Supply - 3" x 4" x 5"!
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And it works!
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Can you find Io? She was covered in sawdust, brass, aluminum, steel,
bakelite, hard rubber, ...
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