Re: Neighbors and noise

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Chris: DO NOT use styrofoam!!!! That nwill burn like diesel fuel. I have
used rubberized cammel hair packing with fair sucess, but the best is grey
foam rubber packing with the bumps on it. Use a heavy plywood box and you
must use a cooling fan, but rember sound will go out any streight line path
to the outside so use corners to block the sound. I used special carbon
loaded sound proofing which cleaned up my wallet well and other things
including egg creat separators which work. The best was bumpy foam rubber.
   I hope this helps   Robert  H
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> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:49:45 -0600
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Neighbors and noise
> Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:52:10 -0600
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 8/12/02 8:28:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I would think the arc streamers themselves would be much louder
> than the spark gap.  That's been the case for my coils, and others
> I've seen (and heard).  There's no way to quiet the arc streamers,
> without weakening them, unfortunately.  Maybe if you feed the
> neighbors enough beer, they won't notice the noise, or they'll
> think it's some sort of new heavy metal music, ho ho !
> 
> John
> 
> 
>> 
>> I was wondering if there is anything
>> I can do to muffle the noise of this thing. Has anyone done anything like
>> this?
>> Ive considered putting a pipe over the actual gap, putting the thing
inside a
>> styrofoam box with holes punched in it to let air flow through, etc. If you
>> have any ideas let me know.
>> 
>> -Chris  
>> 
>>