RE: [TCML] Single ear piglet

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

My schematic is done in Visio, and is available to anyone who wants it. Contact me offlist. It's a lot easier than trying to edit a .pdf, like some have done.

I also have 3 Maxwell 10 kV 100 mF caps. I got one from David.

Adam

--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Jim Mora <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jim Mora <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Single ear piglet
> To: "'Tesla Coil Mailing List'" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 11:17 AM
> Hi Adam,
> 
> Yes the lightning killed the pig. And for a moment in time
> the lights winked
> on, followed by the sound of all the breakers being thrown.
> The utility
> folks were out in the hard rain changing the pig and drew a
> hell of an arc.
> An unusable storm for southern Ca. (I'm from the mid-west a
> long time ago
> and miss the shows). I just went out and looked and there
> are arrestors on
> the new pig! The other one was circa 1952. We are at the
> end of the run and
> seriously need new poles!
> 
> What I meant, if it is ok with you, is that your schematic
> was well worth
> saving as it is exemplary in construction!
> 
> Jim Mora
> 
> And yes, you have taken many precautions! I'm not trying to
> be argumentative
> either. David's pig is perhaps a little more dangerous than
> your setup. But
> hey, that is the nature of or hobby. I have 3 discharge
> caps. And as Bert
> Hickman put it, "If you wanted to be safe, you wouldn't
> have bought them."
> True enough ;-^)
> 



      
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