Re: killing your house

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Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>


> So, in what way, is it possible for a tesla coil to destroy your
> household appliances that are plugged in?
   By zapping them (technical term....)

>  I know it creates very
    LOW frequencies, in technical speak.
     10s to 100s KHz are low freqs.
      Tho higher than power line....)
      (HF 1-50 MHZ,
       VHF 50 to microwave
       etc....)

> high frequencies
     And voltages.
     The voltages can work their way back out the
     power leads, into the wall, the 'ground lead' and
     wander around popping things.

     (It may be useful to recall that Tesla blew out
      the city alternator in Colorado Springs, with his
      coil, (or one of the alternators??) due to
      stray HV RF backfeeding.)

> and this can be harmful to electronic equiptment but  how
> exactly does it do it
     largish, tray voltages out the power line in,

> and how do you prevent it?
      Very Carefully.
      8)>>

      Unplug things.
      Filters on the coil power feed.
      Safety Gaps.
      Separate Grounds.

      Dig thru the list archives for more on each of these...

        best
         dwp