Re: Newbie Question

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Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>



It's not dumb at all --- it's a very real scenario.

Put it on a cart on wheels so you can haul it outside in the evening.

Burning down your home is a definite possibility.  You get an arc to 
a wall, start some slow smoldering inside the wall, go to bed, and 
wake up to a fire.  It can happen.

Dr. Resonance


> I just build my 1st coil powered by a 15/60 franceformer.  First, 
> I'm amazed that it actually works.  I gotta say I had my doubts 
> during the long research & construction construction phase.  I 
> appreciate the great info from pupman & from several of you via some 
> of your the great websites.
>
> I've been running it with just a safety gap and a conversvative 
> (0.12) primary gap setting until I can build an NST protection 
> filter.  This has produced 26" arcs to ground so far...and that's 
> about as much as I can go in my basement space before streamers 
> would start hitting walls & ceilings.
>
> My question is this, as I tinker with the coil & hopefully start 
> getting longer streamers, could strikes to the walls & ceiling cause 
> any problems with equipment connected to the house AC wiring?  My 
> concern is the possibility of a streamer finding it's way through 
> the drywall into the wiring, or maybe more likely, striking an AC 
> outlet or light fixture & putting a lot of HV & RF directly into the wiring.
>
> My wife's not real big on this whole Tesla thing & frying the house 
> wiring or our electronic stuff wouldn't help things.
>
> Like I said, this may be a dumb quesion.  I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.
>
> Dennis, Hopkinton MA