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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Well.. acrylic or polycarbonate would be a good way to keep folks from
touching the coil.  However, the voltage on a streamer is more than
sufficient to punch right through, so you would need to make sure that
leaders never hit the plastic.  Providing a ground electrode (or grounded
chicken wire) is a way to do this.  A metallic coating on the plastic or
glass would also work (if you happen to have access to a way to deposit
indium oxide, a transparent conductor, it would be a very slick..)

The other reason to put the TC in a box is noise.  Face it.. TCs with big
sparks waving around are just plain noisy.

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Welcome to the list!!
> 
> > My next project is a small Tesla coil, something
> > around a foot or two tall. Like the Jacob's Ladder,
> > this is for parties so it will also be behind
> > plexiglass.
> 
> Plexiglass = bad idea. Much better is grounded chicken wire!!! Acrylic is a
> dielectric and could give you a nasty shock!!!
> 
> Jason