Re: TESLA COILS are ILLEGAL!

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Original poster: "Nebojsa Kovacevic by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <morfeus-at-EUnet.yu>

Hello All!

Very interesting thing you mentioned.. but, the problems you all are having are
in US. In Yugoslavia, it is FORBIDEN to experiment with Tesla coils by your
self, (can not say why, I am surprised too), that is one of the reasons (amongh
some other), why you can not hear of too many of us here who are working on
this subject. Also, it is ILLEGAL to build any kind of flying objects which
aren`t based on aerodinamical principles. 

Even the Tesla Museum in Belgrade have non-functioning model...

Regards,
Nele

Tesla list wrote:

>
> Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz
> <mailto:twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <mailto:dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com><dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
> 
> Tesla coils are ILLEGAL anyways when operating outside a sealed EMI
> environment.  A friend of mine received numerous warnings and even a hefty
> fine once from the FCC for operating his tesla coil.  Of course he lived
> near a local airport, but it is still illegal period!
> 
>>
>> The learning curve, construction labor, financing, and component 
>
> acquisition 
>>
>> keep the general public at large from getting into tesla coiling. The
>> concept of a low voltage tesla coils might make building tesla coils too
>> easy. With 38 foot arcs dancing in many backyards, tesla coils might be
>> banned from many towns, which is what happened with fireworks. Godfrey
>> Loudner 
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Tesla list
>>> [<mailto:SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com] Sent: Saturday, July
>>> 13, 2002 6:43 PM To: <mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com Subject: Low
>>> Voltage Tesla Coils Original poster: "Terry Fritz"
>>> <mailto:twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net> 1.7 x SQRT(36000 x 2) = 38
>>> foot arcs!!!!  From 100 amp three phase 
>>
>
> 208... 
>>
>>>
>>> Without the need for a tranny, it might weigh 100 pounds!!  Maybe you could
>>> send it UPS... :-))   Not even a spark gap motor anymore... Terry 
>>
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