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Re: TC Secondary Electrostatic Charge
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: TC Secondary Electrostatic Charge
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From: ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu (Edward V. Phillips)
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 10:12:20 -0800
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Jim:
Think most of us have observed that phenomenon. I
certainly have, even for very small coils run of battery
supply. Has to be DC charge on the insulators (form, varnish,
etc.) which implies rectification due to assymetry in the
fields around the coil. Harmless but "electrifying"!
Ed Phillips