Re: Safety of Running Coil in Garage

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <PLUGHzz-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/3/2003 7:04:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

>Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Hi Alan,
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> >Original poster: "Alan by way of Terry Fritz
> ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>
> >
> >Hey,
> >
> >I've finished my first coil and the sparks are
> >adequate at best. I would
> >like to experiment with it more, but currently I can
> >only do it at night
> >because I can't see the sparks during the day. I
> >would like to run it in my
> >garage but am worried about damaging the electronics
> >in the house. What can
> >I do to be safe in the garage or should I just not
> >run it there? There is a
> >garage door unit and a light close to where it would
> >be running. Also, the
>
>I run mine in the garage, and I also have a
>radio-controlled garage door opener. I unplug it
>before I run the coil. It has never taken a direct hit
>from a spark. It still works fine after roughly 3
>years of coiling.
>
> >family computer is directly behind the garage wall.
> >So, there's not much
> >physical distance between it and the coil(about
> >10-15ft). My second
>
>If you're concerned, you might want to unplug that
>computer as well. The effect of a TC on the household
>electronics is unpredictable. The only evil thing my
>coils do is scramble my DSL connection--knocks my kids
>off-line every time I make sparks. Tough noogies--I'm
>the one who pays the internet bill!
>
> >question is: how big should the sparks be from a
> >coil powered by 2
> >15kv/30ma transformers(15kv/60ma total)?
> >There are 11 primary turns, about 1400 secondary
> >turns if i remember on a
> >4.25" x 23" pvc secondary with 27awg wire with a .03
> >uf 35kv maxwell cap.
>
>.03uF for 15kv/60ma? That seems a bit large. If I were
>in your place I'd experiment with caps in the .01 to
>.02uF range.
>
>For a well constructed and properly adjusted coil,
>it's not out of line to expect sparks in the 36 to 48
>inch range. Gary Lau has gotten up to 51 inches out of
>his 15kv/60ma NST powered coil. See for yourself at:
>
>http://www.laushaus-dot-com/tesla/sparks.htm
>
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Alan
> >
>
>Good Luck with it,
>
>


Stupid me. I burned up my dsl modem 3 times count em 3! AOL must have me on 
the list as the unluckiest man alive with 3 defective dsl modems (shrugs)