Re: Science Fair success!

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• Subject: Re: Science Fair success!
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:10:51 -0600
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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Science Fair success!


>Original Poster: Fucian-at-aol-dot-com
>
>Hi all, this is matt and just won the science fair.The judges were very
hard
>to get along with and stated some false info also.He said Tesla was famouse
>for DC and not Ac!?

Tesla and Westinghouse = AC
Edison = DC


Am I wrong or is he?Several other arguments suggested he
>knew very little about tesla coils.Also my sparks were only 7 in!!!They
used
>to be 15 at home.Is it the ground rod? At home the ground rod was 1ft away
>from the coil.At the school it was about 20 or more feet away.Thank
goodness
>it was only 7 in because a stupid guy in 11th grade went in when no one was
>around and turned it on! He said he touched it bare handed right on the
>toroid and it knocked him silly.


This is what key switches are for..

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>matt
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