Re[2]: I am Dr. Megavolt

["Paul Mathus" <pmathus-at-learningco-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

     Hey Greg,
     
     I'll post all the specs soon, but here's the answer to your specific 
     questions:
     
     The two coils are discrete.  Ran off the same 125KW genny, and shared 
     the same ground plane, that's it.  Pulled 200 amps when we hit them 
     both at the same time, the genny was chugging.  They would hit each 
     other constantly but I didn't see any of the continuous arc between 
     them that you would get from an antiphase system, as i understand it.  
     Probably better for our show to have them both throwing bolts 
     everywhere.  The truck was barely long enough to hold them both and it 
     was the biggest one we could rent without a special license.
     
     I believe we are doing at least 1mv out the top of each coil, but i'll 
     have to check the math on that. . . How dare you impune the sacred 
     name of Dr. Megavolt!!!!  just kidding, heh heh heh
     
     We didn't use the playa for ground, really.  We simply covered the 
     entire top of the truck in chicken wire, which acted as a ground 
     plane.  We had a cable that hung down with a bare end dragging on the 
     ground as we drove, but very little RF seemed to be coming through it. 
      
     We ran the new suit one night.  However, there were serious problems 
     with it, because it is constructed out of a very fine metal 
     screen/mesh.  This mesh is very hard to work with, and work hardens 
     extremely quickly.  So after one performance the suit had big rips in 
     it:(  The good ole' birdcage suit worked fine though.  Or I wouldn't 
     be writing this . .  .
     
     By the way, some guy came up and gave us a really sweet b/w picture of 
     your coil from '98.  Hopefully it didn't get lost in the shuffle, 
     Austin should have it.  People still talk about when you brought your 
     coil. . .
     
     paul mathus


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Subject: Re: I am Dr. Megavolt
Author:  "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> at INTERNET
Date:    9/6/00 1:13 AM


Original poster: "Greg Leyh" <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> 
     
Original poster: "Paul Mathus" <pmathus-at-learningco-dot-com> 
     
     
> Just got back from Burning Man and had a great time!  We put on our 
> biggest Dr. Megavolt show yet, with two simultaneously firing 25KW 
> coils and two Faraday suits on top of a moving truck.  When both coils 
> were going at once with a performer in the suit it was very, very 
> impressive.
     
Any specs on the two new coils to share?   Are the two coils 
coupled together in anti-phase, or are they discrete systems? 
Do either of the new coils actually produce 1,ooo,ooo volts, 
or is he still Dr. Kilovolt?  <grin>  
Yes, getting a good earth ground out on a gypsum playa can be 
tricky, at best.  Even trickier is your act with the suits! 
Did you run the other suit, by chance?
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-GL
www.lod-dot-org