Do you mean why does the lamp light? That's because there is enough RF to excite the gas inside the lamp. Do you mean why does the coil make RF? That's because it's a resonant circuit. -----Original Message----- From: Tesla [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of doug Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 8:06 AM To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TCML] Why does this work? I am too inexperienced to know that this would not work, so I went ahead and tried it, and it worked! Can someone explain it to me? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNPig4VQXPY Doug J. _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla