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Re: More Tuning/Debugging Next
>From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: More Tuning/Debugging Next
[snip]
>All,
>
>Here, here, I second the motion. We have struggled here in Richmond to
>learn all this the hard way too. On tape #8 1990 we finalize this maxim
>for all to see. The resistance is a must for all the above reasons with
>pole type xfrmers. Bill Richards ignited a lamp socket in his ceiling.
>He also burned out a wall light switch. Alex Tajnsek took out a stove
>exhaust fan (caught fire). The bunggy cord nature of the resitive
>portion of the ballast mushes the response of the big inductor. Gotta
>have it for best operation! I believe it was in 1990 that I wrote a
>sysergistic tune paper for Harry Goldman. This covered spark gaps, etc.
>
Richard,
I'd guess that I got off luckily.
jim