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Re: Third try at first light



Original poster: "Albert Hassick" <uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com> 

Hi Jon.
      Yes, please ventilate your shop when the Tesla is operational.  You
can feel the sting in your eyes with inadequate ventilation.  This is
even more important as list members create bigger and better Teslas in
their home shops.  I am not sure about the ozone, since many say it is a
good germicide.  But maybe it is the nitrous compounds that are generated
by the powered up Tesla in our shops that create that stinging eyes/heavy
breathing sensation.   I wish I could find a way to generate only
beneficial ozone with my coil.  Perhaps, some other list members know of
a way to induce the beneficial ozone without the harmful effects of the
deadly nitrous compounds?    Al.  

On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 18:04:25 -0700 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
writes:
> Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A fan venting the air outside is a good idea.  There have been a few
> coilers who have managed to get quite sick and go to the hospital 
> after
> breathing too much ozone and NOx from Tesla coils.  Far better to 
> vent it
> and not having to worry with it.
> 
> I don't "think" it can set off a smoke detector from the gasses, but 
> the RF
> radiation from Tesla coils is quite good at setting off fire alarm 
> systems
> by messing with the poorly shielded wiring those systems use.  Also, 
> be
> wary of the computer network cabling dorms have now days.  Hate to 
> fry a
> bunch of PCs in finals season ;-))
> 
> I bet you can find some science professor who will let you run it in 
> a lab
> somewhere where there will be few concerns.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Terry
> 
> 
> At 06:59 PM 12/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >MOT is a microwave oven transformer. The ionized air you smell is 
> Ozone. 
> >Ozone is poisonous but in your situation the worst you will end up 
> with is a 
> >headache.
> >
> >Returning to lurk mode.
> >
> >-Jon
> >
> >>>
> >also, i dont have any way to ground the secondary so it likes to 
> shoot
> >sparks to the first turn of the primary. i figured since it liked 
> to do
> >that i would just attach the ground to the primary which works 
> well, but
> >makes me worry about the NST. Looking over the diagram that Fritz 
> (sp?)
> >made for nst protection, i estimated $50 for making that circuit. 
> the one
> >thing that confused me on it however is the MOTs. What does the 
> acronym
> >stand form? i looked around the net for a definition and at the 
> tesla TLD
> >which didnt have it listed there. i was going to try shopping 
> around some
> >local electronic stores and wanted to know what to ask for.
> >
> >one last question :)
> >the coil is sitting in the "common area" of my college dorm. the 
> ionized
> >air it makes doesnt pose any health hazards or anything right? just 
> smells
> >funny. and will the air set off fire detectors?
> ><<
> >
> 
> 

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