Re: NorCal Teslathon -- Interesting Devices and Effects

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>


On 19 Jul 01, at 8:04, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> Then again, maybe Nick was right after all.
> << 
>  The better/more-common the grounds the more this kind of thing will be
>  seen to happen.  It's nothing more than EM coupling of 1 coil to the
>  other.  When they're near enough in Fr & near enough together it can
>  happen.  And it will be much more evident before spark break-out since
>  that's when the "sending" coil is radiating the most EMF.
>  
>  Ken Herrick
>   >>

I've done this using coils on a stainless banchtop. The result says a 
lot about the quality of the "ground".

Malcolm