Re: Safety--NFPA70E and Flashover Clearance Info

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Original poster: "Steve Zeitler" <zeitler-at-verizon-dot-net> 


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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:59 PM
Subject: RE: Safety--NFPA70E and Flashover Clearance Info


 > Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>
 >
 >  >While tuning, I went
 >  >from no output to tremendous output, with streamers longer than
expected,
 >  >and therefore hitting the Romex in the ceiling.  I didn't expect this.
If
 > I
 >  >run chicken wire on the ceiling, and ground it out, will this be enough
to
 >  >keep things safe?
 >
 > Streamers hitting your house wiring doesn't sound very safe, especially if
 > they make the lights come on, like you mentioned 8-0 The lights could be
lit
 > by the TC energy directly, or it could be starting an arc inside the light
 > switch that is letting some power through from the 120V line. Either way
not
 > good :(
 >
 > Grounded chicken wire would probably solve the problem, but you need to
 > think for a while about what you're going to ground it to... The ideal is
a
 > "Faraday cage"- chicken wire on all your walls, ceiling, and floor,
grounded
 > to the same ground as your secondary base.
 >
 > I have only hit wires in my ceiling once or twice briefly, and the lights
 > never lit up :(
 >
 > http://www.scopeboy-dot-com/tesla/fryingtonight3.jpg
 >
 > Steve C.

Are there lamp dimmers on the lights that lit up? I've had saveral instances
of  my TC playing hell with dimmers...without having streamers hit the
wiring. With lots of filtering on the AC input too.
                                                         Steve Z
 >
 >