Re: [TCML] Safety Issuie

[Drake Schutt <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed steve, I'm a college student/chef right now and trying to explain to
other cooks why the aluminum pots don't work on the induction burners is
usually a laugh.  I also think that if you can safely build a tesla coil you
can probably manage to NOT blow up your apparatus with water on the
primary.

Has anyone ever seen what a coil does when said water boils over or
otherwise spills onto the primary coil or circuit?  I image it's some
fireworks similar to ball lightning! ^_^

Drake

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Finn,
>
> If your pot was made of copper or aluminum, it would effectively serve only
> to reduce the primary inductance, and the Q could remain quite high, in
> which case DC actually makes a good point.  BUT using a steel pot will
> result in a lot of losses, which is what you want.  The water is simply for
> thermal capacity so the test can last some time.
>
> If you are too much of a klutz to position a water pan on your TC without
> spilling so much that you risk electrical hazard, then dont do it!  But i
> think for the most of us, its not terribly hazardous, unless its really
> salty water its not all that conductive, and furthermore, you shouldnt be
> that close to your coil anyway when its energized at HV.
>
>
> DC,
>
> >
> > I may be misunderstanding your point, but it reads to me as if you are
> > claiming, that coupling the primary into a short, creates a high Q in the
> > primary?
> >
> > European coilers, like Steve Conner and myself, have been boiling water
> off
> > shallow pans, coupled to both OLTC and DRSSTC primary's, with no ill
> effect
> > to cap or silicon.
> >
> > So, everybody: Go ahead, boil your soup on your TC, it is a lot of fun!
> But
> > first of all, a nice and safe way to get rid if a lot of power, during
> > initial tests of a system.
> >
> > Cheers, Finn Hammer
> >
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