RE: [TCML] Running a TC in snow

["Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Salted my sidewalk today and realized that if you are running the coil in a
driveway, you might have runoff from any salt or de-icer added to the mix
once the water melts... 

I wouldn't

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Rieben
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:34 AM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Running a TC in snow
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I agree with Adam here. Although ice tends to be a
> fairly good insulator, once it melts, all bets are off!
> And as Adam stated, precipitation is definitely NOT
> distilled water. Where Adam (and I) reside, on the
> rare occasions that we do receive significant snow
> fall, the snow will likely be "slushy", which means that
> it has a considerable amount of liquid water suspended
> in it. Maybe if the snow is in combo with near/below-zero
> temperatures (think New England, upper plains, or
> Alaska/Canada interior) it would be okay? However,
> "I" personally would not be too inclined to do much of
> ANYTHING - including coil firing, outdoors in these
> conditions!
> 
> David Rieben
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Yurtle Turtle" <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Running a TC in snow
> 
> 
> > Precipitation is FAR from distilled water. Ever hear of 
> acid rain? The 
> > water dissolves gasses and particulates as it's floating 
> around in a 
> > cloud, and while falling. I'd also like to point out that 
> unless your coil 
> > is below freezing, snow will melt upon contact. Though my garage is 
> > uninsulated and unheated, it's normally a good bit warmer 
> than outside, 
> > due to heat escaping from the adjacent wall. Also, your gap 
> will heat up 
> > pretty fasy, and the caps may warm up, as well as any 
> conductor that is 
> > carrying a lot of current.
> >
> > I probably wouldn't worry too much about the primary side, 
> but if the 
> > secondary manages to get a little damp, it may lead to 
> racing sparks, 
> > flashover, or something else undesireable. As long as you're a safe 
> > distance away, I'd be more worried about damaging the 
> secondary than you 
> > getting hurt. That's assuming you and your control panel 
> are inside and 
> > dry.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > --- On Fri, 12/19/08, Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: Re: [TCML] Running a TC in snow
> >> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 6:56 PM
> >
> >> Hate to argue with you Dr. R,  but I just stuck my
> >> multimeter into a pile of snow(got plenty of the white stuff
> >> around), and with the probe less that about half inch apart,
> >> I got a infinite resistance reading.  I would venture to
> >> guess that as long as it is cold enough that the snow
> >> doesn't melt, it would actually not make a coil run
> >> significantly different than if in the same conditions
> >> without it snowing.   distilled water has a fairly high
> >> resistance as well...which snow would be very close to upon
> >> melting...I could see it shorting the spark gap if it were
> >> not enclosed somehow, but if you set your coil up outdoors
> >> under a tarp until it is below freezing....I don't think
> >> much would ever happen bad."
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> > yes, bad idea.  Snow and water do not mix well with
> >> high
> >> > voltage.
> >> >
> >> > Dr. Resonance
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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