Re: Preventing a REALLY expensive mistake.

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Original poster: "Metlicka Marc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>

chris,
posted some of this in another post, but....

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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> 
> Cool, that's what I thought we'd end up doing.
right, use smaller dry transformers fed from the 480 at the points of
need. might have to build or dedicate some vaults or have some tray
along some of the exterior, ceilings?

> 

> >
> >use this for all rf grounding.
> >
> 
> That was the plan. But will it WORK? Are there any special things we should
> know? Do they have to be wired in a specific way? (Star-vs-ring, etc)

i kind of liked mike n.'s suggestion of vertical plate in the earth.

> >
> >faraday type shielding of the room, conductive paint on the walls
> >sprayed over grounding buss along floors, grounded to rf ground points.
> >
> 
> CONDUCTIVE PAINT???!!!!! HA!, I hadn't even THOUGHT of that! :)
> Where do I get it and what does it cost? What colors are availible?
> How to you make an electrical connection to it? (Doors, Walls, etc)
> What teh surface resistance? IS this something that would be good for static
> suppression in the computer lab floors?

actual retail conductive paint is expensive, but as in the post to
mike's comments, there are cheaper alternatives.

> 
>

> >
> >static bleeder points around perimeter of room grounded to rf?
> >
> 
> (thwacks forehead)
> duh.....didn't Franklin solve that problem a few years back? Lightning Rods.

not much difference.

> 
> And there IS the possibility that we will get funky (though very small)
> discharges (most likely just Corona at best) from them when we fire the
> larger coils.
> 
> What is the NAME for the effect of a grounded electrode emitting corona
> and/or a streamer discharges when placed near a TC?
> 
> Thanks Marc!

no problem.
> 
> Duck
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