Re: My variac bites =0

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Sue,

Ok ok I admit it... I love my tesla coil :) No really, the sparks are not
bad at all - they look to be about 500V, and dont hurt at all. I am
considering putting up a screen but i really cannot be bothered at all - my
worksop also confines me somewhat in terms of moving away. Put it this way,
if the breakout point was angled in my direction I would probably get a
strike but not to worry as I have a grounded rod about 1" away from me, in
front :)

The variac handle is plastic so I dont have a problem - i only first noticed
when there were loads of RF burns on my fingertips...

Best regards,
Jason

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Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 3:37 AM
Subject: Re: My variac bites =0


> Original poster: "S.Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>
>
> Jason,
>
> I don't mean this to be insulting, but it is YOU that is becomming "live".
> OK, to word this better, when your coil is running YOU are hot! - Now
that's
> a compliment not comming from a guy :-).
>
> Conductive objects that are not bonded to ground can become charged up. Do
> not bond yourself to ground- this is very very dangerous!
>
> My solution was to move further back from the coil and tape a spray paint
> can cover over the variac dial. This stopped me from getting zapped from
the
> set screws.
>
> Sue
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 1:17 PM
> Subject: My variac bites =0
>
>
> > Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My variac is grounded to the mains ground. On firing up the coil, it
> becomes
> > very live. The ground does work ( I measured continuity between the
earth
> > socket on the plug and the case) but as soon as I fire up the coil it
> > becomes live. Its fine, so long as I only touch the plastic handle...
> >
> > The coil is grounded to 3x 3' copper ground pipes on a 10m bit of ground
> > wire, as is the strike rail, strike rod and neon ground, as well as the
> > filter.
> >
> > Any thoughts???
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>