fire!!! bad electric meter (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:38:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: daryl barsoom <rockincoiler@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: fire!!!  bad electric meter

our electricity is back on now, yea! it weent out yesterday when i was running the coil with the new propan tanks. the coil seems to run best without a ballast at all. the arcing was better with all three tanks, and it was hitting the light on the ceiling now!
   
  then the ac went out, and i heard lots of arcing noise out in the back yard. the pole with the electric meter on it cought fire!!  i took a pic of the meter when the firetruck came and put out the grass that i already dousd with the hose, hehe.  :)
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/893960/IMG_013.jpg
   
  the repairman from the power company said the meter was really old, and he apoligized that they couldnt replace it until this morning. so for now i cant run the coil anymore. the folks are mad because there was deer in the freezer and the beer and soft drinks got warm. im thinking now that the old meter was why the coil ran so bad. iwill try again to run the coil again next spring! thanks all for your help!

       
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