Re: Faraday cage

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Original poster: "michael.tucknott by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <michael.tucknott-at-virgin-dot-net>

Hi guys  (((Big snip-o-la to keep Terry F happy )))
Thanks for the help and advice on the Faraday cage.
I`v built a separate earth connection on one of the legs, separate from the
coil RF
ground.
As for touching the wire from the inside, here's my 2 cents.
With "skin effect" the current flows over the outside surface of the
conductor so with
the
close spacing of the mesh, I'm thinking that the cage will look like one
very large
conductor.
When we can test the cage, Ill try out my theory and get back to the list
to let you all
know
the out come....

Cheers Mike Tucknott

Tesla list wrote:

> > Q-should I connect the cage to the RF ground.
>
>         Can't hurt.  Not strictly necessary.
>
> > Q-Would it be safe to touch the wire mesh from the inside with
> > the coil running?
>
>         In theory, yes.
>         (In Boston (MA, USA) the Science Museum has BIG
>         (ex MIT research) Van de Graff.  ca 30 feet high.
>         Part of the demo (unless its changed) involves the operator,
>         in a 'bird cage' putting his hand against the inside, with
>         sparks hitting the outside.
>
>         While this is VdG, rather than Tesla, it is analagous.
>
>         In practice, safety never hurts....
>
>