RE: Forget the Faraday Cage - Ventilate First ! ! ! !

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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>

Hi Dan,

On 16 Dec 2002, at 11:46, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Forget the Faraday cage.  That is the LEAST of your problems.
 > Your biggest problem is going to be how to properly ventilate the area.
 > This in my
 > opinion is your biggest issue.  I can run my 15kV/60mA coil for about a
 > minute and the entire
 > house is filled hazardous fumes.  Very hazardous levels of ozone and other
 > Nitrogen based compounds
 > are created even during very short runs.  It ran my coil twice in my
 > basement (for less than a few minutes)
 > before finally realizing the gases created were much too strong to deal
 > with.

Actually it's not only a human hazard either - tools with surface
rust are a telltale sign that the ventilation could be improved.

Regards,
malcolm