Re: [TCML] Pictures of my Tesla Coil

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

The safest thing to do is unplug all high dollar
devices while running. You'd hate to kill a $1,000
high def TV. I killed computer components and an $85
garage door opener board as well, but they are cheap,
compared to home theaters. You lucked out on the X-Box
360. I think they only come with a 90 warranty, unlike
most "good" electronics.

Adam

--- "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Dirk,
> 
> Make sure the coil is RF grounded and that RF ground
> is dedicated. If 
> you forget to do that, it does play havoc on the
> house. I lost a 
> computer from just such a situation with a small
> coil. It started with 
> the sound card but eventually the whole video
> section of the motherboard 
> died. I'm using a super slow computer at the moment
> (guess what was on 
> my Christmas list to Santa?).
> 
> I even killed my sons xbox360 during that same run.
> As I studied the 
> coil, I realized I didn't have RF ground hooked up
> (the cable was lying 
> there on the floor). So many years of running coils
> and this day I had 
> problems? What was different? RF ground was
> different (clear as night 
> and day). The coil ran fine without RF ground, but
> the house didn't like 
> it. Lucky for me, my sons xbox360 was replaced at no
> charge by the 
> manufacturer (Microsoft I think).
> 
> Cautious is good. Bad things can happen. The further
> you are away from 
> the coil the better. But, if their on the same
> circuit, bad things can 
> happen regardless. Make sure RF ground is a low
> impedance for the coil. 
> If it's too high, it "will" find a way back into the
> mains and to 
> everything connected to mains ground. Those
> transients will also travel 
> along hot and neutral. But with a decent RF ground,
> that current has a 
> place to go.
> 
> Take care,
> Bart


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