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RE: [TCML] First (or maybe 2nd) light on my medium-sized SG coil
Listen to DC on this!
I thought for sure I had set the house on fire in this manner when playing with MOT supplies.
http://stolzweb.org/tesla/psu/mot/4motsparks.htm
Fortunately there was no fire....this time. Taking it outside is not a bad thing.
Mark Stolz
Pearland, TX
http://teslacoils4christ.org/
> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:28:23 -0700
> From: resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [TCML] First (or maybe 2nd) light on my medium-sized SG coil
> CC:
>
>
> You hit upon something that is very dangerous to any that runs a large coil
> in their garage. The greatest danger is that if a spark strikes a wall,
> travels thru the wall seeking a ground source such as a wire, the dissipated
> energy within the wall construction materials may not lead to an immediate
> fire which can be detected and extinguished. The greatest danger is the
> smoldering of construction materials which continues to smolder and
> eventually breaks out into a fire a few hours after you have retired for the
> evening.
>
> You could simple string a grid of 12 inch spacing of enameled magnet wire
> (sand off the enamel) at intervals along an adjacent wall such that any
> errant sparks will strike the grounded magnet wire grid and not go into your
> wall where it could cause a fire hours later. A 1/2 of a dozen wires in
> nearby areas gives the spark a definite ground attachment point and will
> prevent fires from forming as you snooze. Of course, this does not always
> occur but it only has to happen once to give you a real bad hair day.
>
> An example I can recall from recent memory is in the photos in Dan
> McCauley's book on soild state resonance transformers. The sparks striking
> the wall could have been seeking grounds in construction materials which
> could several hours later burst into a large house fire. Again, this did
> not occur, but it's like driving on bald tires. A blowout (or flameup) only
> has to happen once to give you a bad day. This is an extreme example of
> exactly what NOT to do under any circumstances. Use ground wires on the
> interior surface of the wall or do it outside ---- NEVER INSIDE YOUR
> HOME! If you insurance company ever saw a photo of this occuring you could
> be cancelled immediately!
>
> Safety first and happy coiling!
>
> Regards,
>
> Dr. Resonance
>
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