Other uses for Model T Coils

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Memmelaar Jr on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 06:15 pm:

My father has told me stories when he was a youth, hooking up a flame thrower from his '40 Ford using a T coil as ignition. What are some other uses that are not inside a coilbox of some kind


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 06:26 pm:

Igniting the plug with intermittent sparks to start up a Red Head model airplane jet engine!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 06:27 pm:

Many hit-and miss engines used them,along with fence chargers.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Sean Gregory on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 07:15 pm:

Cattle prod.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kep NZ on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 07:35 pm:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/179646.jpg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 07:40 pm:

Wheel chock.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Neil Kaminar on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 07:43 pm:

Removing rattle snake venom. From NPR Science Friday last week:

"ABRAHAMS: The winner of the 1994 (Ig Nobel) Medicine Prize, two doctors shared that prize with a man known as Patient X. Patient X was the victim of a venomous bite from his pet rattlesnake. Upon being bitten by that snake, Patient X instructed a friend to apply electroshock therapy. At Patient X's own insistence, automobile sparkplug wires were attached to his lip, and the car engine was revved to 3,000 RPM for five minutes. Please welcome one of the doctors who subsequently saved Patient X's life, co-author of the medical report "Failure of Electric Shock Treatment for Rattlesnake Envenomation," Dr. Richard Gustafson."

More at http://www.npr.org/2012/11/23/165774984/ig-nobel-prizes-celebrate-somewhat-suspe ct-science

Neil


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John P. Steele, Montana on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 07:55 pm:

My brother used to wire up the door knob somehow. Probably wasn't real smart but back then we thought it was pretty funny when someone got zapped.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Les Sumner lapeer mi on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 07:55 pm:

Stop someone from messing with your car. Les
auto shocko


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 08:28 pm:

In shop class, when I was in High School, we wired a metal bench. Would you believe the first person to touch it was the teacher.
My father in law used an old telephone mag and 2 leads, when fishing, to bring the fish to the top. A T coil would probably do the same. More hardware needed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By glenn anthony on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 08:33 pm:

Back in the 50's we would wire them up to the car body and when someone would lean against the car we would turn the coil on and watch they jump. One night we had a off duty cop lean against the car . That ended our fun.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By JohnH on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 08:52 pm:

A recommendation for those who want to run Ford coils into an open circuit; e.g. electric fence, shocking device, etc, is to provide a 1/4" spark gap across the high voltage terminals. Otherwise, the insulation between the windings will eventually puncture, carbonise, and ruin the high voltage winding.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Clipner-Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 09:47 pm:

Back in the 30's, dad and his best friend vended Cokes from a cooler, by the tennis courts at the park. After having Cokes being stolen by two college kids who threatened them being beat up. They hooked up a T coil with three drycells. Ran a wire into the iced water and had a wet plate on the ground. The bully's never bothered them again.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John F. Regan on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:08 pm:

Shocking someone may seem like fun but is very dangerous since electric shock can and often does interrupt the normal heartbeat and can cause a person to go into cardiac arrest. It is something to be avoided and never rigged up to make happen as a fun prank or trap for petty vandals since young folks do lots of foolish things - didn't we?. I don't mean to be such a wet blanket on the fun here but I just feel forced to make this statement.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Cook on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:26 pm:

I remember seeing a T coil used to light an oxy/acetylene torch.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:34 pm:

My 7th grade science teacher told us about hooking a T coil up to a chicken which instantly laid two eggs. The second one didn't have a shell on it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Sean Gregory on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:43 pm:

^^^^^^ That is amazing!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Horlick in Penn Valley, CA on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:53 pm:

RD, you have to be faster with your camera... it seems that a raccoon grabbed and ate your model T coil wheel chock just as you parked your car against it. I hope it didn't get squashed!

TH


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eric Hylen- Central Minnesota on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:53 pm:

A couple of years ago, I rebuilt a Model T coil that was reportedly part of a corn dryer. I also rebuilt a pair that had been cut up and epoxied together to fit inside a Maxwell AB coil box. That was fun.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ron Patterson-Nicholasville, Kentucky on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 11:10 pm:

Here is a photo of a Model T coil used as a fence charger. The marble in the tube was to reduce the duty cycle and thereby preserve battery life.
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Ron the Coilman


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Blancard on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 06:57 am:

There is one inside my old Champion Spark plug tester.

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael Mullis on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 07:06 am:

I've seen two different homebrew "spark gap" transmitters from the early 20s. I would love to run across a radio magazine article describing construction of one.
Put one on the air today and the FCC will pay you a visit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Cassara Long Island, NY on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 07:16 am:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark-gap_transmitter


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Neil Kaminar on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 07:02 pm:

Spark gap transmitters were used to control early radio control (RC) airplanes. When the transmitter was triggered, an escapement system in the plane, powered by a rubber band, would move the rudder in sequence from right, neutral, left, neutral and back to right. Spark gap transmitters are wide band and only one plane could be flown at a time. Probably outlawed today. The plane would land when the gas ran out. Too many signals and the rubber band would be unwound, ending any control. You had to remember if the last turn was right or left.

Neil


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 07:37 pm:

Alarm clock. Usually only need it once. Thereafter you wake up before it goes off.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 08:18 pm:

Tell us about Sandy, John Cassara. This is the first post from you that I've noticed. Checking the archive, I see you first posted post-Sandy on the 14th.

If there's much to tell, please start a new thread. Did you not read the prior thread where we were looking for you?

rdr


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