Re: Baptism in fire.....Matt 3:11

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• Subject: Re: Baptism in fire.....Matt 3:11
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <malcolm.watts-at-wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:49:28 -0700
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HI Chris,

> Original Poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
> 
> Alright, it's official, The Geek Group are now *real* Tesla Coilers.
> 
> While performing "Second Light" Aleks asked "What's that smell?". I said 
> "Ozone" then thought....we're standing 20' apart with a wind blowing 
> sideways between us. hmmmmmm
> 
> then I saw a whisp of smoke coming from the control panel.....
> 
> Anybody wanna buy a cheap variac? lol
> 
> "Catastophic structural failure do to internal overheating"
> 
> Fortunately we have a new 10A variac, and all the parts to build a new 
> control panel. Any tips?

Use suitable PFC capacitors between the variac and transformer/s. 
Much kinder to the variac.

Regards,
Malcolm

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