Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?

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Subject: Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 06:45:29 -0600
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From: 	Sulaiman Abdullah[SMTP:sulabd-at-hotmail-dot-com]
Sent: 	Wednesday, November 05, 1997 10:51 AM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?

Hi, two methods come to mind;
1    Use the switch on the wallplug etc.
2    Use a LONG piece of nylon fishing-line to operate a switch.

both of these methods need no EMI/RFI shielding etc.
bye ... Sulaiman

>From: 	Geoff Schecht[SMTP:geoffs-at-onr-dot-com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, November 04, 1997 11:50 AM
>To: 	Tesla List
>Subject: 	Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?

>The other day, I was thinking back to a Richard Quick post, where 
Richard described the 60Hz house ground "The last line of defense" or 
something like that.  He was refering to situations where the discharge 
from the secondary could strike the primary, and the operator console, 
potentially subjecting the operator to primary circuit currents.

What I am wondering is anyone on the list has tried switching a coil on 
and off by remote, i.e. no wires or conductors connecting the user to 
any part of the system.  I was thinking of imploying a simple infra red
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