Re: [TCML] Is there a Tesla coil in my stove?

["Alice" <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Adam, Hi All,

So that's it.  Thanks for showing it because it was too dark to see what the 
gizmo actually looked like.  Thanks, everybody for answering my question.

Becky

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From: "Adam" <teravolt.org+@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:18 PM
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [TCML] Is there a Tesla coil in my stove?

> One of these, http://www.amazing1.com/Graphics/CD45.jpg
>
> It's a trigger transformer; much like an ignition coil.
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Alice <alice33@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have what might sound like a strange question.  I just recently moved 
> > into a new apartment in Ithaca, NY; and I noticed something different 
> > about the stove.  It is a gas stove.  All gas stoves I have ever seen 
> > have a pilot light, that if it goes out, has to be re-lit with a match. 
> > This stove made a weird clicking sound.  I thought the pilot was out and 
> > was getting a match ready.  As I opened up the top, I noticed a spark 
> > continuously zapping.  It lit the pilot.  This one does not use the match 
> > method.  The spark was about a centimeter in length and sparked at a 
> > continuous rhythm much like a small Tesla coil.  My question is:  Is it a 
> > tiny Tesla coil?  Does anyone else have a stove like this?
> >
> > Becky
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