[TCML] Is my 10" Tesla Coil Illegal ?

[jhowson4 at comcast.net]

lol, my small one that can throw 3' sparks turns on the electic blanket makes the computer monitors flicker and screws my neighbors cable up. I installed a 4' ground pipe and my neighbors stopped complaining...but the electric blanket still comes on... 

well any way my first thought goes to what frequency are you operating at, and could these systems that are effected be operating near that frequency. 

got any pictures this coil sounds sweet! 

Thanks, 
John "Jay" Howson IV 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Mora" <wavetuner at gmail.com> 
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:59:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: [TCML] Is my 10" Tesla Coil Illegal ? 

Hi Gary, 

How good is your RF ground and RF cabling? That is an awesome coil; but, it 
is a bit surprising the range of the hash. Clearly you can run at lower 
power levels if your ground(s) is good enough. 

Jim Mora 


-----Original Message----- 
From: tesla-bounces at pupman.com [mailto:tesla-bounces at pupman.com] On Behalf 
Of gary350 at earthlink.net 
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:57 AM 
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Subject: [TCML] Is my 10" Tesla Coil Illegal ? 

This time of the year when the air is cold and the humidity is extremely low 
static electricity is very high I get shocked every time I get IN or OUT of 
my SUV, take off my jacket or put on my jacket. If I move the blankets in 
bed at night I see all kinds of sparks. It is perfect for firing up my 
Tesla Coil and getting some very long sparks. But I worry that this might 
be illegal. My 10" TC makes 12 foot arcs I can make a 27 ft circle of arcs 
and sparks in the back yard with the 3 ft top load. It makes every motion 
detector light and every security alarm system go off in a 4 block radius 
around my house. After dark I can see motion detectors lights going on/off, 
on/off, on/off, on/off, on/off, in all directions as far as I can see. My 
automatic garage door and all the neighbors garage doors are freaked out 
going up/down, up/down, up/down, up/down, up/down, up/down, over and over. 
I can hear security alarms in all directions. I road my bicycle through the 
neighbor hood and I can find alarm systems going off 4 blocks away in 
several directions from my house. It totally distroys TV and it makes no 
difference if you have cable, satallite, or antenna TV is totally wiped out 
all reception for several blocks. I don't fire up my 10" TC very often 
anymore I worry it might be illegal. 



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