Re: Tesla Coil and Storage Cap on TV

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>


Bill and I did this experiment back in 1981.  The large cap was charged by a
separate DC power supply.  I was visiting and shot the photo as Bill
operated his large coil.

I shot at f2.8 with 4 sec time exposure.

Dr. Resonance


>
> Bill Wysock did this some:
>
> http://www.ttr.com/hist.html
>
> But his big cap discharged, through arc overs, to the AC line and exploded
> neighbor's light bulbs and stuff!!!  If the cap's energy connects with the
> AC line, massive destruction may be done to everything!!!
>
> I think KVA Effects did the bathroom sink vs. lightning thing for
> Discovery...  See the middle of here:
>
> http://www.teslacoil.com/html/content/tv_print.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
>          Terry
>
>
> At 07:43 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
>
>
> >Did anyone see the TV show 2 nights ago where they used a Tesla Coil to
> >discharged a very large capacitor?  Some how the capacitor was discharged
> >through the streamer.   The discharge spark looked like a 6 foot lightin
> >bolt.   Some guy was struck by lighting and they were trying to simulate
a
> >lightin bolt through the side of a house to the bathroom sink.
>
>
>