Re: SSTC probs

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 11/22/01 9:57:29 PM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 


>
> One more weird thing keeps happening, when I turn on the coil and draw arcs, 
> a touch lamp goes through a cylce of 
> on---brighter----brightest----off---on..... 
>
> Why? 
>
> Matt 
>
>


Matt, 

I think most coilers have experienced strange erratic behavior of 
various electronic devices in their homes associated with TC op- 
eration. I have personally found that an adequate RF ground goes 
a long way to alliviate this problem. One thing's for sure though. 
If you run a high powered TC using only the AC ground for your 
ground, you are likely to sacrafice one or more of your high dollar 
electric/electronic appliances. I once destroyed my refrigerator 
and sent sparks flying out of a receptacle on the opposite end of 
my house from using the house AC ground without a seperate RF 
ground :-( Strangely enough, it left my TV and stereo unscathed. 
Go figure :-O 

Sparking in Memphis, 
David Rieben