Re: [TCML] Fried It !

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An interesting point as well - less spark breakout will result in stronger
e-fields... One reason why Tesla envisioned a huge dome on the
Wardencliffe tower.

I've gotten induced charge onto items in proximity of my system, yet have
to encounter anything of this effect. Of course, I'm dialed in for
heavy-duty spark output rather than e-field. Haven't toasted anything yet,
including rather expensive (>$20K) digital studio video cameras 10 feet
away...

- brent



> Just as a point - you don't need to hit anything directly - unfortunately
> electrostatics will do the job just fine.
> Prior to getting kicked out of the garage for confusing my opener ( I had
> it fully faraday caged in 1/8"
> aluminum screen, sensors on  quick disconnect, power cord  and antenna
> would be pulled into the cage,
> 3inch wide ground strap from the chain guide to a true earth ground, -
> still got confused
>  needing a hard reset of the code system. She who will be obeyed decreed
> that I shall never more run inside. Ooops.).
>
>  I observed a few things that indicate a pretty substantial ion cloud that
> both charged up
> external systems, and was persistent after the coil was off:
>
> Item one: My rolling tool box, located approximately 8 ft from where I was
> running the coil would discharge
> from the bottom corner to ground once every 5-6 seconds. Touching it right
> after running was not
> recommended.
>
> Item two: Walking across the garage with a 4 ft fluorescent would cause
> intermittent flashing of the tube
> for up to 3 minutes after the coil was shut down.
>
> Note that this was in southern california during winter santa-ana
> windstorm. Cold, and very dry (about 50F and 10% humidity or less)
>
> Imagine a similar build up on your device that then discharges to ground.
>
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Miles Mauldin wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>> I?m getting better at tuning and squeaking performance out of my SGTC.
>> Last
>> night I was able to get multiple 30? streamers into free air and strikes
>> to a
>> grounded rod at nearly 40?.  I have been worrying about killing one of
>> the
>> garage door openers, and household electronics and computers, but knock
>> on wood
>> to date nothing has been affected.  That is until last night.  Sad and
>> funny at
>> the same time, of all the things I worried over none of them were
>> affected.  It
>> was my irrigation system controller that got fried.  I say funny, but it
>> was not
>> until this morning that I discovered there was a problem when I saw a
>> river of
>> water flowing down the street in front of my house.  Further inspection
>> in the
>> back yard revealed 3 of my 8 water zones were running at the same time.
>> One of
>> them is for the waterfall and pond to keep it replenished during the hot
>> summers.  Needless to say, the pond was flooded.  I had to shut off the
>> water
>> for the irrigation system at the street because the only thing I could
>> get from
>> the control unit was a flashing ?ERR?.  Good thing it Fall here and I
>> don't
>> really need to water for a while.
>> Do we just take our chances coiling?  Or does anyone have experience
>> protecting
>> electronics near / around a TC? Maybe ferrite Cores like
>> http://leadertechinc.com/ferrishieldproducts.shtml?_kk=ferrite%20core&_kt=7dfff0ae-33b0-45b1-b704-1bf2fc1d08ec&gclid=CM6pnff3kaUCFRhg2godtWjaMg
>> on
>> any wires that would act like an antenna?
>> Watching for the water bill.....
>> Miles
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