Re: more newbie questions

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/7/03 7:48:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:



>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
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>4kV is MORE than enough to build a very nice tesla coil.
>Also, for a tesla coil operating at 4kV and say up to 50mA output current,
>connecting the secondary rf ground
>to house ground is PERFECTLY acceptable and noise is very minimum.
>
>Dan

Hi Matt,
Some folks define as perfectly acceptable practice, anything you can get 
away with without catastrophic failure. At your power level, you CAN 
probably get away with it. IMO It is a BAD practice which gets 
exponentially more risky as the power level goes up. If you toast one 
appliance in the house, whose hobby will be curtailed? (hint: not the 
advice-givers)

Matt D.