Original poster: Dave Leddon <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>You might want to reconsider. I had a friend who tethered one of those aluminized Mylar party balloons to the top of his coil with 150 feet of #40 wire. Upon application of power the sparks flew and the balloon popped dropping the wire onto his wife who received some minor burns. (He claims it was an accident and not a plan.) All humor aside, this could have turned out really bad if the wire had contacted the primary circuit on the way down.
Dave Pleasanton, Ca At 04:12 PM 2/19/2007, you wrote:
Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Bottle rocket on top of an operating coil sounds like an interesting experiment. Perhaps even trailing 100 feet of #32 AWG wire behind it as it leaves the toroid? A big 8 oz size rocket should lift the 100 feet of wire with ease.Sounds like a great experiment for our Big Bruiser next summer. Dr. ResonanceHi Ed,It could be, but I think I remember some rockets that didn't have a trailing wire.Gerry R