Re: Another dumb idea from the masochistic scientist

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hi Chris,

An old UPS power supply of like the APC kind with maybe a new battery will
solve the AC line problem.  It will run the PC long enough to boot up and
display something when you hit the coil's switch...  Don't be surprised if
the old 486 lives through it :-))  You may have to click on MS Office or
something to get it to crash :-)))

Cheers,

	Terry


At 03:36 AM 4/27/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Ok......here's the plan.
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>You need a really cool pic for a PR application and at some point come up 
>with the idea..
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>"Hey, let's take one of the old 486's from the warehouse, hook it all up, 
>load Window$, and place it on one of the post insulators, completely 
>operational, with a monitor on top. Then hit it with arcs from the coil!"
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>This is clearly a situation of Alligator mouth overloading a Hummingbird 
>butt. But it IS a cool idea.
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>The Problem.
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>I'm not worried about frying a computer, these are trash anyway, but I AM 
>worried about what will happen when a streamer connects to the inside of a 
>monitor (it'll never get into the computer, faraday cage efect of case). I'm 
>worried about frying the electrical system of the building, damaging the 
>coil, or whatever....
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>Theories on what will happen so I can take adequete safety precautions?
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>Btw, I'm also engaged in a wager ($1.00) that I can set up the coil to arc 
>to just a computer case, while running, and it will survive if done right.
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>These are the thoughts that kept me out of the really good schools.
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>Have fun kids.
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