Re: Re: Safety of Running Coil in Garage

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Original poster: "Alan by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>

What I'm really worried about is the streamers hitting the light socket and
the surge killing any/all of my household electronics. If I hung some
chicken wire or something and grounded it would that solve the problem and
remove the risk? Also, what sort of material could be used to shield
electronics from the rf interference?

Thanks

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Subject: Fw: Re: Safety of Running Coil in Garage


 > Original poster: "K. C. Herrick by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>
 >
 > Terry-
 >
 > Did this reach pupman?
 >
 > Ken Herrick
 >
 >  >>>I don't think so??  I'll post this...<<<
 >
 > --------- Forwarded message ----------
 > From: K. C. Herrick <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:12:08 -0800
 > Subject: Re: Safety of Running Coil in Garage
 >
 > Watch it!  As I'd reported some time back, I've damaged numerous of my
 > "X10" light-control units by allowing sparks to hit house wiring.  They
 > now variously half-work, turn on by themselves, etc.  I'll not trouble to
 > replace them until/unless I quit the inside coiling.
 >
 > I didn't have the trouble until the sparks-in-air actually hit the
 > wiring.  X10 units distant about 30 ft. did not suffer--but then, I don't
 > have a humungeous coil.
 >
 > Ken Herrick
 >
 >
 > On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 16:45:36 -0700 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > writes:
 >  > Original poster: "Alan by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >  > <centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Hey,
 >  >
 >  > I've finished my first coil and the sparks are adequate at best. I
 >  > would
 >  > like to experiment with it more, but currently I can only do it at
 >  > night
 >  > because I can't see the sparks during the day. I would like to run
 >  > it in my
 >  > garage but am worried about damaging the electronics in the house.
 >  > What can
 >  > I do to be safe in the garage or should I just not run it there?
 >  > There is a
 >  > garage door unit and a light close to where it would be running.
 >  > Also, the
 >  > family computer is directly behind the garage wall. So, there's not
 >  > much
 >  > physical distance between it and the coil(about 10-15ft). My second
 >  >
 >  > question is: how big should the sparks be from a coil powered by 2
 >  > 15kv/30ma transformers(15kv/60ma total)?
 >  > There are 11 primary turns, about 1400 secondary turns if i remember
 >  > on a
 >  > 4.25" x 23" pvc secondary with 27awg wire with a .03 uf 35kv maxwell
 >  > cap.
 >  >
 >  > Thanks,
 >  > Alan
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
 >