Re: My cousins car died! (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:01:14 -0700
From: Teslacoil Workshop <workshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: My cousins car died! (fwd)

Scott,

The amount of "Tesla coil induced failure" research that we performed on
behalf of Mercedes-Benz was staggering. We spent days on a Manhattan Beach
sound stage pounding Toyotas and Mercedes-Benz cars with power levels up to
25kVA (higher power levels that were eventually used at the car show in New
York - video at www.teslacoil.com).

The hard data is not available but I CAN say that the likelihood of damaging
automotive electronics without actually striking the car with an arc is very
low; probably nil. I think you're off the hook... ;-)

Later model cars are more susceptible to direct arc strike damage than older
model cars probably because of a higher "chip count".

Jeff

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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: My cousins car died! (fwd)


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> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:34:42 -0400
> From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: My cousins car died!
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> Greetings everybody,
>      A little while ago, my cousin came over to see my TC run.  After
> running it, we decided to go somewhere, on the way there, we noticed all
of
> his idiot lights (check engine, oil, gas, door ajar, etc) were lit.  A day
> or so later his car died.  When he took it to get it fixed, the alternator
> was fried.  A mechanic friend of his, said that perhaps the EMFs from the
> coil fried the diodes in the alternator, he says only newer cars have
them,
> and my cousins car seems to be the only car that has experienced this
> behavior, when parked near a running coil.  What do you guys think?
Thanks.
> Scott Bogard.
> P.S.  Despite the cost of fixing the car, my cousin is not at all mad, he
> said himself, that no other car he drove there has died in this manner,
but
> he is parking farther away next time, just in case!
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