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The best advice I can give anyone who is doing some Tesla project is to read Tesla's lectures, articles, patents, notes and letters. All of it, and re-read it several times.

That is exactly what I have done, reading Tesla's own writings. Do you have a source or three for that? I've only found bits and pieces, but I am quite close to a full scale test.

My collections:
articles
patents
G.Scherff letters part 1
G.Scherff letters part 2
JP.Morgan letters
That'll keep you busy for a while. :)

Also visit the Tesla museum website where you can order the "from Colorado Springs to Long Island Notes" and "the Unresolved Patents of Nikola Tesla".

(I have no idea how complete these letters-pdfs are. I uploaded them long ago)

Very Good, I will save all of those!
I am sure I am on to something, and perhaps the additional info will fill in some gaps.