RE: Why does my ammeter jump around when running my tesla coil?

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

When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.  It's more likely that the 
varying reading is due to a varying current than interfering 
electromagnetic forces.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

 >Ever heard of electromagnetic force action-reaction?
 >Something in / near ammeter creates magnetic field
 >strong  enough to develop  forces and torques
 >responsible for the effect.


 >> When i run my tesla coil (currently running on 1
 >> 12/60 nst), i notice that
 >> the ammeter that is connected to the nst jumps from
 >> 10-13 amps the whole
 >> time i run it. It never stayes at one place for more
 >> than 1 second, why
 >> does it do this?
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