Re: [TCML] Safely Grounding a Tesla Coil

[jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brandon Hendershot wrote:
> Ok, so if I get a big piece of cardboard, glue some alluminum foil to 
> it, throw it in the front yard and connect it to my secondary, I should 
> be good?

Throw it directly under your coil, rather than in the front yard.  The 
idea is to provide "the other plate" for the capacitor formed by your 
top load.
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