Bill, thanks for posting that.  I am just simply amazed.  It gives me encouragement.  Now I will have to stay up all night searching for the actual post so I can study up on it.  I guess once I get some mag wire and put a secondary on mine, maybe I will also have a working coil.  Off to study some  more now.

Quote from: protonmom on August 03, 2009, 11:29:12 PM
Bill, thanks for posting that.  I am just simply amazed.  It gives me encouragement.  Now I will have to stay up all night searching for the actual post so I can study up on it.  I guess once I get some mag wire and put a secondary on mine, maybe I will also have a working coil.  Off to study some  more now.

In the interest of full disclosure, I actually found ( a miracle in and of itself) some of my old notes from that time.  It is all coming back to me...very slowly, that this high amp reading (mA's) was after someone on the forum suggested adding a little vinegar to the soil.  I did, and it worked great, as you can see.....BUT...after about a week.....it stopped working at all.  After many rains I tried again with the meter and.....nothing.  This is why I no longer have this larger coil.

Protonmom, the size coil I saw that you have made (nice job) should do way more than anything I ever did with the NS coil.  I did not, at that time, have the money for materials and the patience to wind a large one like yours.  As Jeanna said, yours looks more like Nathan's in the photos.  He had a huge mass of wire there and I believe this is where the amps/power came from.  So, do NOT add vinegar to the soil, even if it gives you a temporary higher output on the mA's.  I have always wanted to make a coil the size of a 55 gallon drum.  (Jeanna might remember me posting this)  I believe, if made correctly with no shorts, that it would have some serious power.  And then, add the pulsing part and who knows what it might do.

Bill

This is the alum weld rod I was talking about:
http://www.alumiweld.com/
Stronger than aluminum
Harder than mild steel
Non-toxic to humans
Low working temperature
No flux or fumes
Excellent corrosion resistance
Low cost
Repairs approximately inch for inch, as little as five cents per inch
Minimize problems of distortion and loss of tensile strength

1 lbs $34.95

protonmom:

What is the melting temp.?  Would a propane hand held torch do it?  Did they say?  I had always read that you need a mig welder to do al.  (or maybe tig?)  If this works as advertised, I could weld all of my beer cans together and build a house. (Empty ones of course)

Bill

yeah bill,
I bet you could run a whole town on one of those.!

Bill, what was your old youtube name? did you remove it and all the old videos? I just searched and didn't find it. Once before I did find it, so I am asking you. In them, I  think you SHOWED some details PM would like to see.

jeanna