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RE: Practial uses for a Tesla Coil ;-) (fwd)





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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 07:46:52 -0400
From: "Thornton, Russ #CSR2000" <ThorntoR-at-rc.pafb.af.mil>
To: 'Tesla discussion Group' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: RE: Practial uses for a Tesla Coil ;-) (fwd)

I agree!  I've wanted to come up with some kind of device to do the same
to those booming car radios that rattle my teeth from a block away.  

Russ Thornton
CSR 2040, 
Building 989, Rm.  A1-N20
Phone: (407) 494-6430 
Email: thorntor-at-rc.pafb.af.mil


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>Date: Sat, 25 Apr 98 08:39:35 EDT
>From: Gary Lau  25-Apr-1998 0830 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Practial uses for a Tesla Coil ;-)
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>From: David Dean <deano-at-corridor-dot-net>
>>Back in 1978 I lived in a small apartment. I had a next door neighbor
>>with a Panasonic stereo. He would play the thing real loud late into the
>>night...  I wound up a coil of 18awg automotive primary wire about 24
>>turns, about 18 inches in diameter.  I hooked this coil up in series with
>>the primary and the spark gap. Then I turned on the coil for a few
>>seconds. Silence... <snip>
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>The next time anyone ask about practical uses for Tesla Coils, I'll have
>to remember this one.  What a gem!
>
>Gary Lau
>Waltham, MA USA
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