RE: lake ground?

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>

If the length of the ground wire to the coil is "reasonable", such a lake 
ground should be very good.  But if you have a 100 foot cable between the 
lake and the coil, then...

Gary Lau
MA, USA


  >  > 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
  >
  > --
  > Jerry Chamkis
  > jchamkis-at-bga-dot-com
  >
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