I run my 8.6" coil several times a year, and always on Halloween. It puts out 8 foot streamers on 4.8 KVA. I have several hundred people come by on Halloween. I am in a suburban neighborhood and operate it outdoors. Some of the comments that I get are amusing. One boy asked me if what he was seeing was real! Kids are so used to movie special effects and video games that they don't know reality when they see it.
Steve White
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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From: "Gary Gaspar" <majrombus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 3:54:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Tales of the suburban HV hobbiest
I have been in the Heart of the Los Angeles harbor in Wilmington CA & have been running coils here for 20 years+ now & no problems yet with 4 15@30ma NST ganged up to a RSG.
On Monday, September 24, 2018, 06:25:38 PM PDT, Matthew Sweeney <msweeney23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If I'd have seen that as a kid in the UK, my head would have exploded. I
was always fascinated by electricity and especially the 'magic' stuff that
flows through the air.
By tinkering with batteries, wire, and the occasional fire I managed to
build a working balsa wood motor at age 10 (no books, no internet!), but no
one seemed to think it was important so I gave up on that until years
later. What a mistake that was.
..
On Sep 23, 2018 3:57 PM, "Yurtle Turtle via Tesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I used to take my 4" and later 10 - 1/4" coils outside for every
Halloween. I used to keep outdoor lights fairly dim. I would turn it on
when they were at the bottom of my driveway for smaller kids. I let the
bigger ones get closer, and it was pretty loud. Many parents liked it more
than their kids did. However, mega-subdivisions cropped up, so in the same
amount of time it took to hit all of our houses, they could hit three times
more at the 4,000 sf houses, 1/4 acre lot subdivisions, so we haven't
gotten any traffic the past two years. Mine rarely gets used more than a
few times a year now.
Never had a neighbor complain. I did have a close call, when a girl assumed
it was a pretty plasma globe, and went running up with her had out. I
always keep my hand on my red mushroom E-Stop switch.
On Sunday, September 23, 2018, 11:13:41 AM EDT, Daniel Kunkel <
dankunkel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Experienced Tesla List,
I'm lucky enough to live in the country on a few acres with houses spaced
far enough apart that unwanted onlookers or kids on bikes have never been
an issue with my coil hobby...not that I have a coil big enough to
necessitate outdoor runs anyway.
So I'd love to hear some of your interesting experiences with neighbors and
gawkers! Any positive or negative experiences to share?
~Dan
Kansas City area
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