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Re: RE- Re: STORE BOUGHT HAND-ME-DOWN
From: Barton B. Anderson[SMTP:mopar-at-mn.uswest-dot-net]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 1997 11:11 PM
To: Tesla List
Cc: 'Tesla List'
Subject: Re: RE- Re: STORE BOUGHT HAND-ME-DOWN
Jeff,
This made for fun reading. Thanks Robert!. But Jeff, seriously, if you know
nothing about Tesla Coils PLEASE go find out before "TOUCHING THINGS".
There's a crap load of information on Tesla Coils from people that know what
the hell their doing.
Former Modesto Dude!
Bart
Tesla List wrote:
> From: Robert Michaels[SMTP:robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 4:32 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: RE- Re: STORE BOUGHT HAND-ME-DOWN
>
> TL>From: Jeff Laymon[SMTP:jlaymon-at-ainet-dot-com]
> TL>Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 1:15 AM
>
> TL> Hello group. My first posting. I have been given a Tesla coil
>
> So -- you feel entitled to gloat about it, eh?
>
> TL>about 16 inches tall without instructions or any idea what to do with
> TL>it.
>
> No problem, we're here to help!
>
> Just package it up, and send it (postpaid) to:
> Robert Michaels
> 34518 Warren Rd.
> Westland MI 48185-2211
>
> You don't even have to bother to gift wrap it!
>
> TL>I've plugged it in
>
> Ah Ha! So -- you =do= know what to do with it after all.
> Your cover story is blown!
>
> TL>and can see a little (1") spark come off it.
>
> Well, that =is= what they are supposed to do.
>
> If you had said that it made you a cup of coffee we'd have
> been worried. And more so about you than the coil.
>
> TL> Is this all these things do?
>
> That's about it. They make sparks. Life does have its
> disappointments. (Don't despair -- I felt the same
> way about vaginas after the first time I made love ...).
>
> TL>Isn't there suppose to be something
> TL>else near by for a spark to jump to?
>
> Helps. But the nice thing about Tesla currents, they go
> ahead and find their own thing to jump to if you don't provide
> them with one.
>
> TL>Can you hold on to the ball thing at the top
>
> Me? Never? It's considered risky business -- unless one
> is using a vacuum-tube Tesla coil, or one entirely isolated
> from the power lines (e.g. battery-operated).
>
> TL>& get your hair to stand on end?
>
> Oh it might just do that, but not as you likely suppose:
> You're probably thinking of a Van DeGraaff generator (or
> like source of static electricity). That's DC, son.
> This here's an AC List. Thar' ain' 'nuf room in this
> har town for us'n ... an' ... an' ... DC LOVERS!
>
> TL>I have a feeling there's so potential danger involved here,
>
> Ha. Ha. Ha. (tee-he, he). Potential. We get it. Ho,
> ho, ho.
>
> Well, don't get so =charged-up= over your new/old toy that
> you go and do something =shocking= with it. Best to get a
> good =grounding= first. =Bridge= the knowledge =gap=.
> Then you'll have greater =capacity= for understanding.
> And won't =die 'electric=. (There. I feel better now
> that I've =discharged= some of my IR -- I do kinda get
> =juiced= on these occasions). At least that's my
> =current= thinking on the subject. =Watt= do you say?
> Is this getting a little re-=volt=-ing or =watt=?
>
> TL>so I'm leary of messing with the thing until I can learn more about
> TL>it. I have a feeling though, that there must be more to it than a
> TL>little spark.
>
> As said, like vaginas -- there's more to it than just, um..
> er ... ah ... "plugging-in". But you have to learn to
> appreciate them at their own level first (Tesla coils,
> that is).
>
> It's said that Eskimos have 22 different words for "snow"
> (no telling how many for "vagina"). There are probably
> at least that many kinds of sparks. Congratulations.
> You now have only 21 more kinds to discover.
>
> TL> Please advise,
>
> Lord knows, I tried.
>
> TL> Jeff from Modesto
>
> TL> Boogie Nation
>
> Robert Michaels --
>
> from Detroit, USA
> (Booger Nation)