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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