RE: New York Teslathon - Urban coiling issues

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Original poster: "Vanderputten, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gvp-at-pvaintl-dot-com>

I am a coiler from NY,  Brooklyn, to be exact. My first coil was in
1959, and not much activity until last month. My, have things changed.
These threads have been just the best. Thank you all.

So, while on the subject of coiling in cities, especially in apartment
buildings, I have several questions regarding my intended development of
a 6kv/60 ma/360 watt, 3.5x15" desk top coil with purchased caps and pipe
stationary gap.  I like to think that is a small to modest coil, but do
not want to minimize the impact that it could have on my other
electronics and computers as well as my neighbors. 

1) Is there a safe and unobtrusive way to operate coils in an apartment
building? I have built a "Gary Lau" style protection circuit for the
tranny. RF grounding is an issue. I have access to the building's cold
water mains and drains, and even its I-beam infrastructure. However,
just gapping the NST without caps froze my MAC (I kept it unplugged
now).

2) Most of the time this coil will be operated with enough power to
throw a 6" arc in the basement of a building in a residential area. I
have no way of gauging the rf noise to neighbors from such a coil. The
AC is a dedicated line from the street and away from the reset of the
building's mains. For RF ground I have access to,  within 50', a  4"
storm drain, cold water mains, and the entire steam heating system. 
Any suggestions appreciated.

Gary
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Subject:	New York Teslathon

Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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How many coilers live in the New York City area?

                                                                    -Max

Joseph