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Also the next day when i set it up again, i found out that my neon wasn't
working anymore, so i am in the process of repotting the beast.  Carbon short i
hope or a top layer short.  That just means that if i can fix it i can pull out
a few shunts just for giggles.

brad

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>
>
> Brad/Terry,
>
> You may have killed the u-wave. Especially if you weren't running line
> filtering.
>
> The devices I've lost happened in exactly the same manor (i.e.. operating
> without any breakout). When my coils are in tune and emitting arcs (up to
> 7') there is almost no RF interference on the TV, Radio, etc. If I place a
> big toroid on it to prevent breakout (and re-tune of course) then all bets
> are off. Lots of noise on everything from the TV to the telephone (killed
> answering machine and other stuff this way).
>
> But that's just my experience. Your mileage may vary.
>
> Regards,
> Brian B.
>
> > Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
> >
> > "I" would guess coincidence.  Most "coil kills" are when the Tesla coil is
> > shooting big streamers to the electrical outlets and phone wires ;-))
> > Unless your coil was doing some serious arcing, the microwave probably
> just
> > volunteered it's transformer to your coiling all by itself...  There may
> > have been AC line spikes, but microwaves and all are pretty tolerant of
> that.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >         Terry
>
> >
> > At 08:32 PM 03/22/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > >I started my new coil for the first time the other night and sadly to
> > >say i did not get it going, possibly because i had no time to tune it.
> > >I was running it in the garage and someone was running the microwave in
> > >the kitchen.  The microwave suddenly stopped working, ie. no display, no
> > >nothing.  I was wondering if this is because of the tesla or just a
> > >coincidence.
> > >
> > >thanks
> > >brad
> > >