Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:11:18 -0600 (MDT)
From: Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)

I've gotten a stick to catch fire.  It took a bit of zapping but it did
catch fire and burn with flames, as opposed to just charring.  It was a
pole-pig TC, 220v, ~30A input.

I could easily see catching studs on fire within a wall.

Chip

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Tesla list wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:33:05 -0400
> From: Crispy <crispy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Tesla Coil Firehazards
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> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering how significant the firehazards relating to Tesla coils
> are.  The spark gap will generate a large amount of heat for sure, but
> how dangerous are the secondary streamers on, say, a 1kW coil?  Could
> they easily ignite materials such as wood or paper with a single strike?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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