Re: Capacitive Coupling (was:Re: Audio modulated SSTCs)

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi Steve,

Those are wicked.  With my older SG coils I used to be able to pull a 1/8"
arc to a grounded pipe from my fingertips standing up to 10' away, but the
arc was more like a static shock than a power arc like your pulling.

David E Weiss

 > I set up something today to exaggerate the effect that many SSTCers know
 > about.  Getting that little RF burn from metal cases near the coil.  Well,
 > just take a look here:
 >
 > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/srward16/CapacitiveCoupling.htm
 >
 > Yes, those metal boxes are totally isolated, and yes it looks like im
 > pulling arcs from a MOT!  Where i sit when the coil is running, i can
still
 > pull small 1/16" sparks off of un-grounded metal.
 >
 > Steve Ward
 >
 > PS, my site has many new pages and information added!
 >
 >
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