Re: best ground for tesla coils?

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Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>

Tobias,
I for one am interested in building low-powered, high performance tesla
coils (mini-coils). Would you provide info of  your flyback-powered film can
TC and its performance as I would like to know more about it.

Jolyon.
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Subject: Re: best ground for tesla coils?


 > Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 >
 >
 > >hello
 > >
 > >i was wondering whats the best ground for my tesla coil?
 > >at the moment we connected our tesla coil to the earth from
 > >the 220V main power.
 > >but i have some doubt if this is a good solution. because of
 > >disturbing other peopel who have their computer or somthing
 > >else connected to the same ground.
 >
 > Yes, very bad idea indeed, you might be puting up to 10v ac on that
ground.
 > While that may no seem like much, it is to devices that are designed to
 > only have say 10mv on there ground
 >
 > >whats better:
 > >to take a metall plate on the floor to make my own earth?
 > >how big should such a plate be?
 > Uh, no, you do not want a large metal plate in your room connected to your
tc
 >
 > >or, to put a metall stake into the earth in front of my house, and
 > >to link my teslacoil ground together whit this stake? to the connection
 > >i would take a special emv cooper band.
 >
 > Best idea! tho copper bands are overkill, just like those audiophiles and
 > gold plated oxygen free mylar coated cables, we don't need 'leet' wireing.
 > we just need wireing, skin effect is very limited at tc freqencys, and
 > quartlengths are quite long so ground cable distance isent a big issue.
 > just use some nice 15amp wire or mabey 20~30amp wire if your paranoid.
 > might wanna get some insulation on it tho. with my crappy flyback and film
 > capsul tesla (and tent peg ground) i can get tiny sparks off my ground
when
 > I touch it to metal objects
 >
 >
 > >or, to link my teslacoil together with the water pipe who is
 > >comming in my house? what's about gas pipe's?
 > Water and gas is bad idea. just use the nice long pole in the ground
 >
 > >by tobias
 >
 >
 >
 >