Re: Garage door opener vs. Tesla coil

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

I did the same. Blew one of three or four boards. It
cost $85 to replace. As far as I know, there's not
much you can do. If you have a removable antenna
that'd be a good place to start, but your whole door
and frame are probably a giant antenna. I've turned on
my neighbor's flood lights at nearly 75 feet away, set
off battery powered alarm clocks around 25 feet away,
killed a computer PSU, and have seen wrenches on my
wooden bench arc to each other while my coil was
running ten feet away.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx
>
> I looks like my coil murdered my garage door opener.
> While running
> the coil in the garage, the garage door  opened on
> it's own & then
> died. I now have to open & close the door manually.
> I was careful to
> position the coil far enough away so that no arcs
> could strike the
> opener or anything connected to it, and it still
> seems to have
> succumed to the coils effects somehow.
>
> My question is, other than unplugging the opener,
> are there any
> preventative measures I can take to protect the
> garage door
> motor/receiver? Or is there just no safe way to run
> the coil indoors?
> I imagine the repairs won't be cheap so I'd like to
> avoid a
> repeat.  Thx for any advice.  Dennis Hopkinton MA
>
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