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Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@poodle.pupman.com>
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Subject: Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:04:02 -0600
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From: Daryl P. Dacko[SMTP:mycrump@cris.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 1997 4:18 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?
At 06:45 AM 11/5/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>Subject: Re: Wireless ON/OFF for Tesla Coils- anyone done it?
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>>The other day, I was thinking back to a Richard Quick post, where
>Richard described the 60Hz house ground "The last line of defense" or
>something like that. He was refering to situations where the discharge
>from the secondary could strike the primary, and the operator console,
>potentially subjecting the operator to primary circuit currents.
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>What I am wondering is anyone on the list has tried switching a coil on
>and off by remote, i.e. no wires or conductors connecting the user to
>any part of the system. I was thinking of imploying a simple infra red
><snip>
I've often used a long string tied to a spring loaded microswitch, down
here on the farm ;'}
Some folks claim I'm overly fond of the KISS principle, tho.
Daryl