Re: [TCML] Tesla coil EM Gauss readings

["Chris Swinson" <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Mddeming@xxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Tesla coil EM Gauss readings


> In a message dated 2/24/08 8:03:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>
> my meters don't work even some distance away from the coil. my  DMM just 
> goes
> mad and my moving coil meter just shows half way no matter  what the 
> settings
> are. I dare not run my scope at  all!
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> I would never bring any digital device within 10-15  ft of an operating 
> coil.
> It's probably why I have a large number of older,  battery-operated analog
> devices. They are mostly insensitive to EMI and have  built-in 
> "hash-dampening"
>
> Matt D.




My analog meter pointer just goes half way on the screen, does not matter if 
it the meter is on/off or selected for  voltage/current/ohms, the pointer 
just goes exactly half way across the screen even up to several meters away 
from the coil. The meter works fine otherwise, but when the Tesla Coil is 
running it is as useless as my DMM :-(

Chris


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