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Re: Just One Pop (Faraday Screen)
Subject: Re: Just One Pop
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 00:10:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>A grounded "Faraday Screen" of 1" mesh chicken wire 24" wide was hung
>about a foot in front of the electometer ball. The electrometer was
>positively charged with a negatively charged Teflon rod by
>electrostatic induction. At 6' from the side of the ball, full scale
>positive and negative deflections of the meter were possible by
>wiggling the Teflon rod. Wiggling the rod in front of the "Faraday
>Screen" produced only the slightest meter movement. Electrostatic
>sheilding was almost total.
>
>Again the detuned coil was fired in single shot and continous modes
>with the Faraday Screen in place. Exactly as before there were
>negative deflections in both single shot and continous modes. The
>Faraday Screen was removed and the experiment was repeated. The
>results were the same. The Faraday Screen while effectively screening
>the negative electrostatic field from the Teflon wiggle wand had no
>effect on the TC carrier or mechanism that induced the negative charge
>on the electrometer ball.
>
>RWW
>
>
Nice experiments Richard.
These agree with some we had placed on a recent tape where a faraday
shield
didn't seem to affect the TC output as recorded on the Keithley
electrometers.
Richard Hull, TCBOR