Re: SIlly idea

["John Williams" <jwilliams-at-edm-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

I don't know if you are following the "strange shock" thread
or not, but what you are proposing just might do something.

If the mechanism for the charge on the coil surface is from
what I think it is then the charge driven away from the coil
should accumulate on the foil on the inside of your drum,
or could.

So you might wind up with the interior surface of the drum
having an opposite charge relative to the insulation on the
surface of the coil windings.  Provided your coil has this
behavior in the first place.

The arcing from the coil might disrupt the effect entirely
in an enclosed space like that too.  So you might just get
nothing at all.  Worth a try though.

	John

>Original poster: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
>
>    Hi all!  Just a dumb-silly idea....A capacitor is 2 conductors
>separated by an insulator.  Right-o.  What if I took a small TC
>(maybe 8" winding length).  Got a 55 gallon HDPE trash can, and
>applied AL foil to the outside and inside (a 55 gallon Leyden jar),
>and used a xmission line from the TC to charge it.  Think it'd do
>anything at all?  I'm gonna try it anyway, but just wanted to hear
>thae assorted snickers from everybody ;)  Since *i* have no idea
>what it'll do (guessing nothing impressive), whatever it *does* do
>will be interesting :)  Gotta run, itchin' to give that a try now.
>Lemme know what you think of this "random act of silliness"
>
>And yep, i'm keepin' it safe!
>
>Sundog