Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (Exploding paint cans) (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:48:58 +0800
From: Peter Terren <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (Exploding paint cans) (fwd)

Sorry to mislead you Phil.  The showers of hot metal were just that but were 
from strategically placed steel wool. It does give an impressive look 
though.  I have to "cheat" like that because no way could my TC burn a hole 
in anything else metal that was thicker.
I intend to run that coil on some cans later next week to prove (or 
disprove) that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7j5LKmd3I
Cheers
Peter

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> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:22:12 EDT
> From: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Firehazards (Exploding paint cans) (fwd).
.........
>    I *have* seen pic on various sites of CW or  high-powered TC's burning
> metal electrodes. IIRC, Peter Terrens' Youtube vid  showed sparks (of hot 
> metal)
> falling from his toroid. I imagine at the 10kVA+  level, the streamer can 
> do
> some real localized damage to low-melting-point  metals. We know they can 
> burn
> wood and plastic, and melt glass bulbs, so I'd say  long-term exposure of
> metal to a streamer could burn it.
>
> -Phil LaBudde
>
> Center for the Advanced Study of Ballistic  Improbabilities