Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:22 PM
> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi Malcolm,
>
> Tesla list wrote:
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> >Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Thanks. I got the strike ring make tonight too
> >http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/19.jpg
> >I wasn't sure if I was supposed to connect one end of it to earth or not?
>
> When using a strike ring, wire it to RF ground which is separate from
> your mains house ground. I use copper pipe hammered into the ground
> for RF ground. The bottom secondary is also attached to RF ground.
Owww this throws another wrench in the works. A copper pipe hammered into
the ground hey... hummm is this the only way? I mean that's fine for
playing at home but the whole reason I started building the Tesla Coil is
because we are having a christmas tree decoration contest at work. My team
as built a christmas tree cage from chicken wire and I'm building the Tesla
Coil (on my own dime) to go inside the tree cage. We're not going to have a
copper pipe in the ground available there. Is there an alternative we can
do?