RE: Some Video fun from The Geek Group

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Original poster: Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>

Lol!  Yeah, there's a very good chance that you will.  When running my
large coil, a spark once hit a speaker wire and turned the stereo
connected to it into a boat anchor.

Your best bet is to unplug the computer when running the coil.  If you
isolate your TC ground and ensure that your sparks *cannot* reach things
that the computer is connected to, you would probably be ok, but "things"
can be walls, wiring, plumbing, etc.

Chip

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Ryckmans, Thomas" <Thomas.Ryckmans@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks to everyone for their comments - very
> helpful. I didn't know about saturation. It seems
> that Neon Sign Transformers are are the best choice.
>
> My next question is about electronic equipement
> nearby - is there a risk that I would fry my
> computer in the next room with a Tesla coil?
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 09 November 2006 18:11
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> Subject: Some Video fun from The Geek Group
>
> Original poster: "Chris Boden" <cboden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZErDD7uKFE
> Here's some of the test firings for Thumper when it was at it's Phase-2
> Prototype stage (it's tore down right now getting the Phase-4 upgrades,
> it'll be back online in a week or so).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p343300H-c
> Some good Gemini video for all the arc junkies :)
>
> Feel free to pass them on.
>
> Chris Böden
> President
> The Geek Group / Applied Intellect
> www.thegeekgroup.org
> Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
>
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