Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:30:10 +0800
From: Peter Terren <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)

On my most popular photo of the Tesla car thief protection, the yellow ring 
above the toroid is my wooden counterweight burning.
http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm#Tesladownunder%20Car%20Theft%20Protection
Here are the fractal patterns from high voltage burning of wood.
http://tesladownunder.iinet.net.au/LowVoltagePower.htm#Wood%20burn%20fractals

Peter

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> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:05:48 -0400
> From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)
>
> Chris,
>     Stick a piece of wood in there and find out (not really!!!).  I have
> singed wood before, the arcs tend to travel along the grain, which is a 
> cool
> effect, glowing wood.  if given some time, I am sure it would catch fire.
> along another note, I have a friend who uses HV from an obit to do wood
> burning it makes interesting fractal looking char patterns.  Be safe!
> Scott Bogard.
>
>>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Tesla Coil Firehazards (fwd)
>>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:39:13 -0600 (MDT)
>>
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>>Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:33:05 -0400
>>From: Crispy <crispy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Tesla Coil Firehazards
>>
>>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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