Re: Classroom Projects with a TC?

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Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Short the 2 terminals together using something with an insulated handle.

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 > Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > yes but how do we drain bottle caps?
 >
 > ravi
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 >
 >  > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > At 11:33 PM 1/9/2004, you wrote:
 >  > >Greetings All
 >  > >........
 >  > >
 >  > >And a technical safety question.  Do we need to make sure that the
 >  > >capacitor circuit is completely discharged prior to touching the unit?
If
 >  > >so, how do we accomplish this?  The cap circuit is made from 15
panasonic
 >  > >ac pulse capacitors.
 >  >
 >  > Check to see if there is a resistor (10Mohms at 1/2 watt) wired across
 > each
 >  > capacitor.  If so, that will drain the capacitor charge safely in about
10
 >  > seconds.
 >  >
 >  > The resistors are like those on the underside of the capacitor here:
 >  >
 >  > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MMCInfo/mmcinfo.htm
 >  >
 >  > Cheers,
 >  >
 >  >          Terry
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > >Thanks in advance for all your professional help and advice.
 >  > >Andrew and Garry
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >