Re: Giant DC coil to run in Australia

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Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Syd,
Sounds absolutely great and I am trying to see if I can get across 
Australia to see it in Melbourne.
Did you have to get any regulatory approvals?
I am only allowed to wire a mains plug here unless I have electrician 
qualifications and I am sure that there are a heap of other requirements in 
relation to safety, RF emissions, sound etc.
Do you use any special earthing?
Cheers
Peter (Tesla Downunder)
http://tesladownunder.iinet.net.au

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Subject: Giant DC coil to run in Australia


> Original poster: syd <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For those of you who might be in Australia this month, I'll be running 
> CAUAC at three cities of the annual <http://www.bigdayout.com>Big Day Out 
> Festival there: Gold Coast, Sydney, and Melbourne. CAUAC has been 
> evolving: new spark gap, new diodes, bigger three phase transformer set, 
> and a fire element. Prime power is about 100kva and it stands 16 feet 
> tall. Spark length? I dunno, fairly long.. there are some new photos and 
> video here: 
> <http://www.playahearth.com/sydtesla/coachtesla04/index.html>http://www.playahearth.com/sydtesla/coachtesla04/index.html
>
> I found the slow motion video clips especially interesting as you can 
> better see the detail of arc propagation. Also you can see little sparks 
> leaping from the ground plane objects just before the big down strikes.
>
> I hope to completely redo the web site upon return from Australia to 
> include photos, video, and design notes.
>
> ~syd klinge