Re: [TCML] Tuning vs Interference

["Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was going to do that initially, but the pipes in this building are PVC.  I
just can't win.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:09 AM, DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When we do local school shows with small coils, we just use an alligator
> clip to clip the base of sec coil to a water pipe --- seems to work well as
> long as the pipe is metal and not PVC.
>
> Dr. Resonance
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Lau, Gary <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Phillip Slawinski
> > > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:18 AM
> > > To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [TCML] Tuning vs Interference
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Lau, Gary <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Raising livestock and testing Tesla coils are both difficult for
> > apartment
> > > > dwellers.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sadly, my attempt at raising cattle didn't work out too well.  I was
> > hoping
> > > to have better luck with the Tesla coil.  I think I'm going to get a
> > house
> > > after the lease is up.
> > >
> > >
> > > >  In lieu of good RF ground, the standard advice for your situation is
> > to
> > > > tie the coil's RF ground connection to a counterpoise - the largest
> and
> > > > nearest piece of metal that you muster.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ah ha!  The back of the plasma television in our living room should do
> > quite
> > > nicely.  [I'm kidding, of course]  Essentially this is what I'm doing
> > with
> > > the drain spout on the side of the building.  I run a wire from the
> spout
> > to
> > > a 6" carriage bolt and pound that into the ground, but I hardly think
> > that
> > > makes a difference.
> > >
> > >
> > > >  Think surface area rather than weight.  A long length of unrolled
> > aluminum
> > > > foil would be better than a barbell, for instance.
> > >
> > >
> > > So the counterpoise is just like a big capacitor?
> >
> > Exactly, with the rest of the world being the "other" plate.
> >
> > Regards, Gary Lau
> > MA, USA
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