Newbie Question

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Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx 

Here's my first dumb question...

I just build my 1st coil powered by a 15/60 franceformer.  First, I'm 
amazed that it actually works.  I gotta say I had my doubts during 
the long research & construction construction phase.  I appreciate 
the great info from pupman & from several of you via some of your the 
great websites.

I've been running it with just a safety gap and a conversvative 
(0.12) primary gap setting until I can build an NST protection 
filter.  This has produced 26" arcs to ground so far...and that's 
about as much as I can go in my basement space before streamers would 
start hitting walls & ceilings.

My question is this, as I tinker with the coil & hopefully start 
getting longer streamers, could strikes to the walls & ceiling cause 
any problems with equipment connected to the house AC wiring?  My 
concern is the possibility of a streamer finding it's way through the 
drywall into the wiring, or maybe more likely, striking an AC outlet 
or light fixture & putting a lot of HV & RF directly into the wiring.

My wife's not real big on this whole Tesla thing & frying the house 
wiring or our electronic stuff wouldn't help things.

Like I said, this may be a dumb quesion.  I'd appreciate any advice.  Thanks.

Dennis, Hopkinton MA