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Re: Jumpstarted Lamps (yet again)



Greetings,

This may be a duplicate (yet again).  If so, my apologies.

Chip

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 08:28:44 +1200
From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Jumpstarted  Lamps (fwd)

Hi all,
          Just like to ask Kevin whether the coil was issuing sparks 
when this happened....

> I managed to pull myself out to the cold Michigan workshop in my
> backyard to test out my latest formless coil. The flourescent lamps in
> the shop never light in the winter because of the cold for some reason.
> I have several incandescent bulbs also hooked up because of it.
> Once I started the coil, all the flourescent lamps ignited! It startled
> me for a bit! The shop had been dark except for 1 small bulb lit for me
> to see the variac.
> Even though I had all my grounds connected proper I also blew up a
> dimmer on a floodlight mounted outside the shop, figure that one.
> --
> Kevin M. Conkey

Malcolm