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Re: Damages to Electronic Equipment

Hello Bart and David,

It seems to me that large wave RF energy will find a way around 
the shielded ceiling (deflection, reflection) and that a complete 
Faraday cage i.c.w. RF filters is the minimum. Unplugging has still 
to be done (at the PC not the outlet ofcourse) to be sure.

Ruud de Graaf
Greetings from lovely and wet Holland


Date forwarded: 	Mon, 14 Feb 2000 23:13:38 -0700
Date sent:      	Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:38:12 -0700
To:             	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:        	Re: Damages to Electronic Equipment
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> Original Poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net> 
> 
> > Original Poster: "David Kronstein" <david_kronstein-at-telus-dot-net>
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I use to have the same situation (pc above coil). I mounted a wire
> mesh above the coil and connected it to RF ground. However, if your
> willing to take a chance at loosing your pc, then you might do what
> I did. But, if you don't want to chance it, then either move the pc
> or the coil. I never killed the pc through all my running, but I
> was just lucky. I did unplug the pc, phone lines, etc.. most of the
> time, but there were times I forgot to. Also, there may have been
> water lines as the bathroom was on the other side of the wall from
> the pc, maybe redirecting currents, but with the em fields these
> coils generate, I doubt that they would help. Just because I got
> away with it, doesn't mean you will. I actually had no place else
> to put the pc (or the coil) so I took my chances and tried to
> prevent a problem. Now that I'm in a bigger house, my pc is far far
> away from the coil. Also, I will "still unplug everything" to the
> pc when I begin running my coil at this new house.
> 
> Bart
> 
> >
> >     Hello
> >
> > I have a _very_ expensive computer in the room above where I am
> > going to run my tesla coil.
> >
> > I haven't run it yet because i'm afraid it might damage it.
> >
> > The computer is connected to a network, phone and cable TV
> >
> > Could the network act as an antena and pick up interference?
> > There are three computers on the network.
> >
> > Could this damage anything?
> >
> > The coil is powerd by a single 15KV 60mA nst.
> >
> > Would covering the ceiling with some sort of grounded mesh be
> > enough to protect it?
> >
> > Thanks
> 
>