Re: best ground for tesla coils?

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>


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Subject: best ground for tesla coils?


 >
 > 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.
 >
 > or, to link my teslacoil together with the water pipe who is
 > comming in my house? what's about gas pipe's?
 >
 > by tobias

Hello Tobias,

Stay away from the gas pipe!  You are most likely best off with a ground
stake.  I don't know much about counterpoises myself, so I cant help you
there.  The only reason to ground the gas pipe is for safety, to provide a
path, in case lightning should strike the pipe.

David E Weiss