Re: Another dumb idea from the masochistic scientist

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Chris,
          Possible side effects include arcing in switches in places 
you never thought would happen, old insulation in building and 
appliance wiring making itself known in no uncertain terms etc. I 
have unique photo of a shower of sparks issuing from an anglepoise 
lamp whose *earthed* reflector was struck by a streamer (yep - the 
light did go out in a puff of smoke) and some grotty old wiring in a 
drill press *not even close to a streamer* caused a loud bang just 
before the breaker tripped. I've heard of TCs popping lightbulbs in a 
neighbours hose in some experimental situations. Never done that 
myself though. 

Malcolm

On 26 Apr 01, at 22:17, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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> Ok......here's the plan.
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> You need a really cool pic for a PR application and at some point come
> up with the idea..
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> "Hey, let's take one of the old 486's from the warehouse, hook it all
> up, load Window$, and place it on one of the post insulators,
> completely operational, with a monitor on top. Then hit it with arcs
> from the coil!"
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> This is clearly a situation of Alligator mouth overloading a
> Hummingbird butt. But it IS a cool idea.
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> The Problem.
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> I'm not worried about frying a computer, these are trash anyway, but I
> AM worried about what will happen when a streamer connects to the
> inside of a monitor (it'll never get into the computer, faraday cage
> efect of case). I'm worried about frying the electrical system of the
> building, damaging the coil, or whatever....
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> Theories on what will happen so I can take adequete safety
> precautions?
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> Btw, I'm also engaged in a wager ($1.00) that I can set up the coil to
> arc to just a computer case, while running, and it will survive if
> done right.
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> These are the thoughts that kept me out of the really good schools.
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> Have fun kids.
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