Re: Third try at first light

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hi,

A fan venting the air outside is a good idea.  There have been a few
coilers who have managed to get quite sick and go to the hospital after
breathing too much ozone and NOx from Tesla coils.  Far better to vent it
and not having to worry with it.

I don't "think" it can set off a smoke detector from the gasses, but the RF
radiation from Tesla coils is quite good at setting off fire alarm systems
by messing with the poorly shielded wiring those systems use.  Also, be
wary of the computer network cabling dorms have now days.  Hate to fry a
bunch of PCs in finals season ;-))

I bet you can find some science professor who will let you run it in a lab
somewhere where there will be few concerns.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 06:59 PM 12/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>MOT is a microwave oven transformer. The ionized air you smell is Ozone. 
>Ozone is poisonous but in your situation the worst you will end up with is a 
>headache.
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>Returning to lurk mode.
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>-Jon
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>also, i dont have any way to ground the secondary so it likes to shoot
>sparks to the first turn of the primary. i figured since it liked to do
>that i would just attach the ground to the primary which works well, but
>makes me worry about the NST. Looking over the diagram that Fritz (sp?)
>made for nst protection, i estimated $50 for making that circuit. the one
>thing that confused me on it however is the MOTs. What does the acronym
>stand form? i looked around the net for a definition and at the tesla TLD
>which didnt have it listed there. i was going to try shopping around some
>local electronic stores and wanted to know what to ask for.
>
>one last question :)
>the coil is sitting in the "common area" of my college dorm. the ionized
>air it makes doesnt pose any health hazards or anything right? just smells
>funny. and will the air set off fire detectors?
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