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Re: this old tesla coil
Tesla List wrote:
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> >From stanh-at-shoen.marylhurst.eduMon Jul 22 22:18:02 1996
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:55:54 -0800
> From: Stan Hintz <stanh-at-shoen.marylhurst.edu>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: this old tesla coil
>
> Jeff W. Parisse wrote:
> (snip)
> >Right you are Ed! I'm going to pruchase a .05uf CP cap and use it with a
> >larger primary coil.
> >
> >The first power-on tests will take place this Sunday July 21st and there
> >will be multiple cameras recording the event.
>
> Jeff - I am quite curious as to how the cameras react to the RF fields.
> Would you please report any anomolies and whether the camera used a
> solid-state pickup or a image tube (saticon, newvicon, etc.)?
>
> TIA, Stan Hintz / Marylhurst College
Stan,
I have film Tesla coil activity for about 8 years now. I have always
used VHS-SVHS cameras all used CCD imaging chips and in the hundreds of
hours of filming Tesla coils, high voltage, high energy phenomena, I have
never had a problem. At very close ranges to larger systems a bit of RF
noise creeps into the image, but no damage is done to the camera. The
key is to use batteries only while filming and avoid a tripod if possible
(although, I have used them.) Any metal objects touching the camera is
an invitation to disaster around large systems.
I have noted that in this day of cheaper construction, especially the
little cheap 8mm camcorders or "palm-corders", that the shielding of the
circuitry is terrible. In a couple of instances, I have had visitors
with these cheapo cameras visit the lab, and the coil shut the cameras
off as if the pause or stop button had been pressed. They were literally
unable to record due to this anomolous behavior.
Richard Hull, TCBOR