[TCML] Prepare a Hot Dog

[Frank]

2 nails, 110 VAC, large dill pickle and great light show, just do it 
outdoors as the smell is terrible!
The hot dog cooker was a great 70's toy!
Frank

At 02:06 PM 1/21/2010 -0800, you wrote:
>Presto Hot Dogger: 
>http://www.liftcharge.com/index.htm?pg=item&item=270 literally hit 
>the hot dog with 120 vac. No current limiting. I suspect the current 
>drawn was dependent on the brand of hot dog. If you are feeling 
>adventurous, you could easily stab two nails in either end of a hot 
>dog and measure the current 120 volts pulls. I once hit a tomato 
>with 10 kV, 10 kJ! It flew up 15 feet and splatted into the ceiling. 
>I was amazed it didn't vaporize. Hitting a watermellon at 15 kJ is 
>still on my "to do" list. Adam --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Dex Dexter 
><dexterlabs at dcemail.com> wrote: > From: Dex Dexter 
><dexterlabs at dcemail.com> > Subject: [TCML] Prepare a Hot Dog > To: 
>"Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com> > Date: Thursday, 
>January 21, 2010, 5:05 AM > > What is the most efficient way to 
>prepare a hot dog > with currents from output of SGTC? > > I tried 
>to see if I can cook one hot dog sausage > with currents from output 
>of 100 W SGTC,experimented > with few set ups,but no success 
>(sausage cool). > > As I expected 100 W coil is too weak for the 
>job, > but what are the minimum power requirements then? > > Thanks 
>for your input! > > > Dex  > > 
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