Re: Re:TESLA COILS are ILLEGAL!

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


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Subject: Re: Re:TESLA COILS are ILLEGAL!


> Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
>
>
> Nick, let me interject as well . . .
>
> First off, the response was to a post by someone who said something on the
> order of, "who knows, perhaps tesla coils will someday be banned."
>
> I then said that operating tesla coils in an non-sealed EMI environment is
> illegal as stated by the FCC.  I never said that it was illegal to the
> extent where we should stop building or operating them.  But it is illegal
> no less and there is even a special paragraph in the FCC regulations that
> concerns tesla coils, spark gap transmitters, and similar. . .

Uhhh.. I don't think so.  The word tesla never appears in the FCC
regulations.
(It's easy to find out... there is a search engine)..

As to damped wave (type B ) emissions, it comes up many times, among them:

47 CFR 2.201 (f) Type B emission: As an exception to the above principles,
damped
waves are symbolized in the Commission's rules and regulations as type B
emission. The use of type B emissions is forbidden.

47 CFR 15.5 General conditions of operation.
(d) Intentional radiators that produce Class B emissions (damped
wave) are prohibited.

and so forth...  Note that these regulations only apply to "intentional
radiators".. and unless you are trying to make your TC radiate (i.e. an
antenna, etc.) you're not really subject to them