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Re: Wimshurst (tesla coil current)



Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Antonio,
 > You have killed the microwave disks hope for a long non-destructive life,
 > now they will probability be used to see if one can build a "Lumiglass"
 > using a TC. I guess I'll have to cut out large acyclic disk, bu hu. What we
 > do for kicks.

I was thinking about this after posting the message. For use in a
microwave oven, the glass can't be very lossy. Verify if it can
be electrized by friction. Even if too thick for a Wimshurst machine,
you could use it to build a friction machine.
I will take a look at the disk in my oven.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz