Re: Halloween Coiling

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Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Wow,

Thats exactly what i wanted to do this year!  I doubt that i will ever get 
around to it though :(

Steve Ward.


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Halloween Coiling
>Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:01:05 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Winston Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>Hi All,
>
>	This Halloween, I'd like to mount my 2kVA coil on the roof above my
>front porch.  I plan to use a counterpoise of chicken wire, which would
>be connected to a "real" RF ground.  I plan also to extend the
>counterpoise out a little way from the roof, over the walkway, to catch
>any errant streamers that might come close to people.
>
>	I'd like some input from people who have "been there, done that", since
>I obviously don't want to do something dangerous/stupid.  The PSU would
>be on the roof as well, totally out of reach.
>
>	Also, I live in the Los Angeles area, which as many of you know is a
>"paranoid" city, obsessed with anything that has the capacity to do any
>harm to anything (except cars ;-)).  I don't want the police at my
>house.  Can anyone advise me here??
>
>Thanks,
>Winston K.
>
>PS-I normally do an elaborate Halloween display, and am looking to "kick
>it up a notch".  It's quite electrically intensive, since I have
>control/power wire running to various motorized/lighted equipment.  This
>would be the first year that high voltage would enter the picture.