[TCML] Safely Grounding a Tesla Coil

[Brandon Hendershot]

Hi all,

I know that it's said that you need an entirely seperate ground rod  
when opperating tesla coils because the high voltage grounding through  
the house wiring is extremely dangerous to anything plugged into any  
other grounded outlet on the same circuit. But what if you attached  
the coils ground wire directly to the ground rod. It would be  
bypassing the house wiring, so the high voltage won't be running by  
any precious electronics inside the house. It shouldn't be running  
back up into the house right?
I'm trying to be minimalistic so I don't have to try to pound down a  
ground rod of my own.

Thanks,
Brandon