Re: [TCML] Is my 10" Tesla Coil Illegal ?

[Scott Bogard <sdbogard@xxxxxxxxx>]

I actually e-mailed the FCC about this once and asked them, they said
running a Tesla coil is perfectly legal, as long as it does not
violate local noise regulation.  At the bottom of this page I copied
the letter, you may read it for yourself.
http://bogard.110mb.com/TCSafety.html
If you are making 12 foot sparks you are certainly generating enough
noise to be fined, unless of course your neighbors are as excited
about it as you.  Do check your RF ground, I never get any
interference at all; granted on a smaller system...  And it would be
best to get your neighbors approval before firing, if you cannot, I
don't know what to tell you...

Scott Bogard.

On 1/19/10, jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx <jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> lol, my small one that can throw 3' sparks turns on the electic blanket
> makes the computer monitors flicker and screws my neighbors cable up. I
> installed a 4' ground pipe and my neighbors stopped complaining...but the
> electric blanket still comes on...
>
> well any way my first thought goes to what frequency are you operating at,
> and could these systems that are effected be operating near that frequency.
>
> got any pictures this coil sounds sweet!
>
> Thanks,
> John "Jay" Howson IV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Mora" <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:59:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Is my 10" Tesla Coil Illegal ?
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> How good is your RF ground and RF cabling? That is an awesome coil; but, it
> is a bit surprising the range of the hash. Clearly you can run at lower
> power levels if your ground(s) is good enough.
>
> Jim Mora
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:57 AM
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> Subject: [TCML] Is my 10" Tesla Coil Illegal ?
>
> This time of the year when the air is cold and the humidity is extremely low
> static electricity is very high I get shocked every time I get IN or OUT of
> my SUV, take off my jacket or put on my jacket. If I move the blankets in
> bed at night I see all kinds of sparks. It is perfect for firing up my
> Tesla Coil and getting some very long sparks. But I worry that this might
> be illegal. My 10" TC makes 12 foot arcs I can make a 27 ft circle of arcs
> and sparks in the back yard with the 3 ft top load. It makes every motion
> detector light and every security alarm system go off in a 4 block radius
> around my house. After dark I can see motion detectors lights going on/off,
> on/off, on/off, on/off, on/off, in all directions as far as I can see. My
> automatic garage door and all the neighbors garage doors are freaked out
> going up/down, up/down, up/down, up/down, up/down, up/down, over and over.
> I can hear security alarms in all directions. I road my bicycle through the
> neighbor hood and I can find alarm systems going off 4 blocks away in
> several directions from my house. It totally distroys TV and it makes no
> difference if you have cable, satallite, or antenna TV is totally wiped out
> all reception for several blocks. I don't fire up my 10" TC very often
> anymore I worry it might be illegal.
>
>
>
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