Re: Cadillac as coil ground for Halloween

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Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>

VERY dangerous! The car sits on rubber tires, should anyone come in contact
with the car, they will be shocked
by static charge at best or electrocuted at worst.

allan

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Subject: RE: Cadillac as coil ground for Halloween


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> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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> Should work great.  My 15kv/120mA coil was hooked up a few times at my
house
> to just an old vise on the ground and no visible reduction in output was
> seen from using a "good" grounding system.
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> My late father-in-law's 71 cadillac has been sitting in our driveway since
> 96. (No, it's not on concrete blocks) I've been thinking about  a safe way
> to coil for Halloween. The object being the avoidance of french-frying
young
> children.
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> So I thought, why not put the coil on top of the Caddy and use it for
> ground? I think this is a fantastic idea. What do you think?
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> Dave H
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