Re: 6" spark

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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>

What kind of ground are you using for your secondary coil?

Malcolm

On 12 Nov 2001, at 17:20, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Shaun R. Phelps by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <shaun-at-visorloop-dot-com>
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> Thanks for the help all.
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> I have since made the RQ gap and connected a few more beer bottles.  Now I
> seem to be getting about 1.5 feet sparks.   Not gonna be happy until I get
> 6ft sparks though ;-)  An MMC would be nice, but a bit too expensive for me
> right now.
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> My girlfriend is not very happy with me though, as I ran this thing at her
> house.  Mysteriously, a few minutes after I'd finished running the coil, her
> fridge light popped, then her 2 of her living room lights popped.  Then....
> her digital cable box stopped working (but later started again).  As if this
> wasn't enough, even a couple of hours later, huge bright sparks came out of
> a few light switches.  They didn't cause any damage, but they were pretty
> startling.
> 
> I tried the flourescent tube glowing trick - that was awesome!  Although the
> tube doesn't work anymore either.  Lastly, immediately after running the
> coil, a 6 inch spark jumped from me to a nearby beer can.  Seems a bit much
> to me to consider this coincidence.  Must have been the coil - maybe I
> should consider protecting the lines ;-)
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Shaun.
> 
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>
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