On 5/24/14, 5:30 AM, Jim wrote:
Hello,
I am displaying my Tesla Coil in a giant room where there will be
dozens
of other people displaying their creations. Alot of the stuff there
will
be sensitive electronics. Should I put my Tesla Coil in a Faraday Cage
and if so what type do you recommend? Also, since my coil is going
to be
indoors should I be concerned about ozone?
I have a classic type coil made up of 2 - 9,000-volt neon sign
transformers. It is about 48" tall and emits about 24" long arcs.
be aware that a cage is not a "shield": It will prevent sparks from
going past the cage, but it will not eliminate RF interference and
transients from getting out.
If I wanted to make sure that nobody got "touched" by a spark, then
I'd set up a sort of curtain of something like chicken wire. It can
be the biggest size (2", I think it's called). You could probably
also use rectangular wire mesh (like used for reinforcing concrete)
Are you going to be responsible if someone claims that their
sensitive electronics was damaged? Think carefully: as noted above
a cage will prevent direct strikes, but doesn't really reduce the
electric or magnetic field transients very much.
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