Re: Tesla Coil Regulations??????

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Original poster: "Yurtle Turtle by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>

An ozone and NOx generating device probably violates
at least several states' clean air laws. I'm not sure
what the threshold is, but in large polluted cities,
it's often fairly low. However, the chances of them
figuring this out are probably pretty low.

Adam


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 4/6/01 11:43:59 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
> writes: 
> 
> 
> >
> > Original poster: "raven0075 by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" < 
> > raven0075-at-home-dot-com> 
> >
> > I have told a few people that I have constructed a
> Tesla Coil, most people 
> > don't seam to understand why I built it, and some
> people seam to be freaked 
> > out 
> > by the power it produces, what kind of problems
> has anyone run in with city 
> > officials, with a high voltage device.  I
> understand about the RF 
> > interference 
> > FCC problems and PCB's and OZONE, but is there
> anything else that they could 
> > shut you down for?. 
> >
> > Or is there no laws prohibiting the use of a coil?
> and High voltage in your 
> > Garage. 
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks 
> > Brian
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Brian & All, 
>   There are no laws (yet) to my knowledge that
> specifically address Tesla 
> Coils. However, if you get on the bad side of some
> petty local official or 
> nosy neighbor, there's public nuisance, disturbing
> the peace, attractive 
> nuisance, creating a public hazard, creating a
> panic, local, state, or 
> national code violations (real or imagined), zoning
> violations, etc.etc. A 
> city inspector with a misplaced wild hair can shut
> you down until you prove 
> in court that you are not in violation (time
> consuming and expensive). It's 
> all in how you handle your P.R. 
> 
> Matt D. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Adam Minchey
yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com
www.geocities-dot-com/yurtle_t/index.htm

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