Re: House Circuits

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Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Also, most bridges and such use epoxy-coated rebar, a light green 
color.  If you touch up the chips, the bars will be electrically isolated 
from each other to cut out eddy currents...  So look for the green rebar, 
most companies will let you pick from the pile.

Nick A






>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: House Circuits
>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:30:46 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
>
>
>Why not experiment with some iron (such as construction rebar) inside the
>coil's center.  A handful of scrap rebar (obtained free by proper begging at
>a large construction site) inside the reel hole with add inductance and
>reactance to the circuit.  This should reduce the current draw.
>
>Dr. Resonance
>
>Resonance Research Corporation
>E11870 Shadylane Rd.
>Baraboo   WI   53913
> >
> > For those of you that use PDT's or potential
> > transformers, once you've ballasted a la Home
> > Depot 500ft spool, there's still a good 20-30A
> > draw on the mains. Given the fact that most
> > houses have 15A outlets, possibly 20A in some
> > spots, how have you wired your power to handle
> > this safely?