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Re: RE- Re: STORE BOUGHT HAND-ME-DOWN




From: 	Barton B. Anderson[SMTP:mopar-at-mn.uswest-dot-net]
Sent: 	Thursday, September 18, 1997 11:11 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Cc: 	'Tesla List'
Subject: 	Re: RE- Re: STORE BOUGHT HAND-ME-DOWN

Jeff,
This made for fun reading. Thanks Robert!. But Jeff, seriously, if you know
nothing about Tesla Coils PLEASE go find out before "TOUCHING THINGS".
There's a crap load of information on Tesla Coils from people that know what
the hell their doing.
Former Modesto Dude!
Bart

Tesla List wrote:

> From:   Robert Michaels[SMTP:robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org]
> Sent:   Wednesday, September 17, 1997 4:32 PM
> To:     tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:        RE- Re: STORE BOUGHT HAND-ME-DOWN
>
> TL>From:  Jeff Laymon[SMTP:jlaymon-at-ainet-dot-com]
> TL>Sent:  Wednesday, September 17, 1997 1:15 AM
>
> TL> Hello group.  My first posting.  I have been given a Tesla coil
>
>         So -- you feel entitled to gloat about it, eh?
>
> TL>about 16 inches tall without instructions or any idea what to do with
> TL>it.
>
>         No problem, we're here to help!
>
>         Just package it up, and send it (postpaid) to:
>                                              Robert Michaels
>                                              34518 Warren Rd.
>                                              Westland MI 48185-2211
>
>         You don't even have to bother to gift wrap it!
>
> TL>I've plugged it in
>
>         Ah Ha!  So -- you  =do=  know what to do with it after all.
>         Your cover story is blown!
>
> TL>and can see a little (1") spark come off it.
>
>         Well, that  =is=  what they are supposed to do.
>
>         If you had said that it made you a cup of coffee we'd have
>         been worried.   And more so about you than the coil.
>
> TL> Is this all these  things do?
>
>         That's about it.  They make sparks.  Life does have its
>         disappointments.   (Don't despair -- I felt the same
>         way about vaginas after the first time I made love ...).
>
> TL>Isn't there suppose to be something
> TL>else near by for a  spark to jump to?
>
>         Helps.  But the nice thing about Tesla currents, they go
>         ahead and find their own thing to jump to if you don't provide
>         them with one.
>
> TL>Can you hold on to the ball thing at the top
>
>         Me?  Never?  It's considered risky business -- unless one
>         is using a vacuum-tube Tesla coil, or one entirely isolated
>         from the power lines (e.g.  battery-operated).
>
> TL>& get  your hair to stand on end?
>
>         Oh it might just do that, but not as you likely suppose:
>         You're probably thinking of a Van DeGraaff generator (or
>         like source of static electricity).  That's DC, son.
>         This here's an AC List.  Thar' ain' 'nuf room in this
>         har town for us'n ... an' ... an' ... DC LOVERS!
>
> TL>I have a feeling there's so potential  danger involved here,
>
>         Ha. Ha. Ha. (tee-he, he).  Potential.  We get it.  Ho,
>         ho, ho.
>
>         Well, don't get so =charged-up= over your new/old toy that
>         you go and do something =shocking= with it.  Best to get a
>         good =grounding= first.   =Bridge= the knowledge =gap=.
>         Then you'll have greater =capacity= for understanding.
>         And won't =die 'electric=.  (There.  I feel better now
>         that I've =discharged= some of my IR -- I do kinda get
>         =juiced= on these occasions).  At least that's my
>         =current= thinking on the subject.  =Watt= do you say?
>         Is this getting a little re-=volt=-ing or =watt=?
>
> TL>so I'm leary of messing with the thing until I can learn more about
> TL>it. I have a feeling though, that there must be  more to it than a
> TL>little spark.
>
>         As said, like vaginas -- there's more to it than just, um..
>         er ... ah ... "plugging-in".   But you have to learn to
>         appreciate them at their own level first (Tesla coils,
>         that is).
>
>         It's said that Eskimos have 22 different words for "snow"
>         (no telling how many for "vagina").  There are probably
>         at least that many kinds of sparks.  Congratulations.
>         You now have only 21 more kinds to discover.
>
> TL> Please advise,
>
>         Lord knows, I tried.
>
> TL> Jeff from Modesto
>
> TL> Boogie Nation
>
>                                         Robert Michaels --
>
>                                         from Detroit, USA
>                                         (Booger Nation)