RE: lake ground?

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



No need to go to such an elaborate scheme.  Just get some chickenwire and
make a counterpoise type ground.  Basically putting large pieces of
chickenwire under your coil flat on the ground and attaching your secondary
ground to this.  I don't have any experience with these types of grounds,
but i'm sure others on the list can provide you with more information.

The Captain


 >  > I will be taking my tesla coil up to a scout camp for 7
 > weeks, and i am
 >  > wondering what i should do about a ground. I haven't been
 > able to go up
 >  > there yet to see what the ground is like around the
 > campfire circle. But, i
 >  > am going to assume thats its very rocky (like most of the ground in
 >  > arkansas). Could i buy some of that metal fence/mesh
 > stuff, strap the
 >  > bottom of my secondary to that, and throw it out in the
 > lake? How good of a
 >  > groun would this be?
 >  > Thanks
 >  > Adam
 >
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 > Jerry Chamkis
 > jchamkis-at-bga-dot-com
 >
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