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From:  Gregory R. Hunter [SMTP:ghunter-at-enterprise-dot-net]
Sent:  Monday, August 24, 1998 12:34 PM
To:  'Tesla List'
Subject:  RE: Hi All

I saw an old gent on the "Discover" channel who was doing it by shorting out a bank of submarine batteries.  Not too much voltage, but unspeakable current.  It made coin-size glowing orbs that the old timer claimed was ball lightning.  Not nearly as interesting as the dual Tesla coil idea though.

Greg

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From: 	Tesla List[SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
Sent: 	Monday, August 24, 1998 5:38 AM
To: 	'Tesla List'
Subject: 	Hi All


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From:  John H. Couture [SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
Sent:  Sunday, August 23, 1998 7:19 AM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Hi All


  Hi Cabbott -

  I don't think you need a Tesla coil to create ball lightning. Several
years ago I was testing switchgear for a new water treatment plant when a
short occured which created a fireball about the size of a basketball. The
ball was a brilliant white and a perfect sphere. No, repeat No damage was
done except that our nerves took a beating. All you need is a large
transformer and very special conditions.

  John Couture

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At 10:53 PM 8/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>From:  Cabbott Sanders [SMTP:cabbott-at-cyberis-dot-net]
>Sent:  Friday, August 21, 1998 2:51 AM
>To:  Tesla List
>Subject:  Hi All
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>Hello, my name is Cabbott Sanders.... I am a fairly inexperienced Tesla
coiler,
>with a lot of extra cash and a hellava big project on my hands... to
produce ball
>lightning using an out-of-phase dual tesla coil arrangment.  This has been
done
>before, but didnt recieve much recognition and was dropped immediately
after these
>two physicists made up some theory about how ball lightning works. 

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>Cabbott Sanders
>Salem Oregon
>Website: http://members.aol-dot-com/cabbotttt