Re: Why we build these things Was: Re: Tesla Coil Dream

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi Jeremy,

I got a good reminder of resonance tonight from the storm that hit Oshkosh.
I was moving an old 3" secondary, and got bit due to the RF of a near by
strike.  It must have hit the lake within 100-150' of the house, by the
instaneous flash and sound, thru the basement windows.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > I actually got reminded tonight of the power of
 > real lightning: a tornado carrying thunderstorm
 > cell passed through Madison, WI just a few hours
 > ago.
 >
 > I spent most of the last few hours sitting on
 > the porch watching beautiful cloud-to-cloud
 > streamers light up the night like it was day.
 > Also the occassional blinding power arc to the
 > ground, all to the tune of the local air raid
 > siren :) The most powerful lightning I've
 > ever seen.
 >
 > I had thoughts of pulling out one of my older
 > coils and running it in the driveway to see if
 > I could tempt one of the REAL streamers to it :)
 >
 > Then I decided that living is better...
 >
 > Supposing one could protect a coil from the
 > affects of pouring rain and wind, wouldn't the
 > large ion field around the toroid be a nice target
 > for lightning?
 >
 >