RE: Counterpoise and MMC demise

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Original poster: "WIZZARD . by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pbobyk-at-hotmail-dot-com>

My 4" coil put on an excellent fireworks display between the primary and 
secondary without a secondary ground. Silly me trying to run a tesla coil 
in an apartment.

Dwight, Ontario
Canada


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: RE: Counterpoise and MMC demise
>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:35:02 -0600
>Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><jdowphotography-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>Hey Chris
>
>Well…
>once I used a bead frame, black-smithed out of  1.5” steel round bar stock 
>by a friend (Matt Stone) an artist at Mass-Art like my self. The coil (4” 
>by 36” 24awg 1750 turns)
>was set in the center and the sec coil ground was wired to it. The coil 
>preformed really really well. As well as with the true ground …. And no 
>change in tuning.
>
>Another time I use a long, all steel, table made for the welding students. 
>The top was 16tf long buy 4ft wide.  The coil was as good as can be and 
>the tuning was the same as always.
>
>The most resent time was at a party in an old distillery that was turned 
>into artist living in Boston. I setup on a steel stairway the stairway was 
>ahh… big… about the size of 2 floors of a fire escape. The coil Ripped
>It     Up! And the party was cool too.
>
>And to Gary. I made a bad mistake 1 year ago on the 4th of July. I  ran 
>the coil without connecting the sec coil to ground. The coil ran but was 
>shotty. And later I saw a nasty black burn on the inside of the coil that 
>went nearly the length of  the 36” coil. Darn! But I fixed it.
>
>Read you later
>Josh