Re: 11E Magnifier

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Original poster: Sparktron01-at-comcast-dot-net 

Hi John

No I had had experiences with TC's back to when I was in the 8th / 9th 
grade in the '60s.  The electrostatic charging I had noticed back then to 
early 70's; how was an ostenably AC/RF system producing electrostatic 
(HVDC) charges?
Didn't know back then, we've helped quantify recently; do know that when I 
ran my SGTC when I was living at home, dust accumulation on furniture in my 
bedroom would markedly increase.

Also concerning shocks, I had one "whack" when a loose wire from resonator
hit my metallic frame glasses!  How about a "love tap" from a ball peen 
hammer between the eyes!!!  :^?  That "situation" was caught on one of 
Richards tapes...

Regards
Dave Sharpe, TCBOR/HEAS
Chesterfield, VA. USA

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 > Original poster: "john cooper"
 >
 > This article is a sort of follow up piece to a previous article Richard
 > published in the Electric Spacecraft Journal (Aug. 1993, issue #9) titled
 > 'Tesla Coils and Electrostatics' and it involved a series of experiments
 > involving electrostatic phenomenon associated with Tesla coils. The Vol.
 > 16 #2 article is the study of actual collection of electrostatic energy
 > from running Tesla systems. As seen on one of his older tapes, Dave Sharpe
 > gets repeatedly shocked from a coil that had been running but turned off
 > for a few minutes. Enough to be uncomfortable, and it would charge up
 > again, and again. He must have been nailed 8 or 10 times in a very short
 > segment on the tape. That may have been one of the events that piqued his
 > interest.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > John F. Cooper
 > Irvine, CA
 > www.Tesla-Coil-dot-com
 > www.FrankensteinsLab-dot-com
 >
 >
 >
 > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
 > From: "Tesla list"
 > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:05:35 -0600
 >
 > >Original poster: "Day, Michael"
 > >
 > >Greetings all,
 > >
 > >Has anyone read Hull's article, "TESLA COILS AND ELECTROSTATICS," by 
Richard
 > >Hull, TCBOR (Tesla Coil Builder's News Vol. 16, No.2)? If so, what did Mr.
 > >Hull teach or disclose? Did he have anything to say about magnifiers and
 > >electrostatics?
 > >
 > >Also, is this volume still available in print, and about how much does it
 > cost?
 > >
 > >Mike Day
 > >
 > >-----Original Message-----
 > >From: Tesla lis! t [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > >Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:32 PM
 > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > >Subject: Re: Fear Factor
 > >
 > >
 > >Original poster: FIFTYGUY-at-aol-dot-com
 > >
 > >In a message dated 10/26/04 3:05:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
 > >tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 > >
 > > > I'm curious what
 > > > needed to be done to make it run reliably upside down, though. What
 > > > keeps the streamers from simply licking upwards along the secondary?
 > > > Streamers rise because of heat. I'd expect them just to bend upwards
 > > > and strike the base. Is it required to run a breakout on the coil to
 > > > prevent that from happening?
 > >
 > > In pictures I've seen of Richard Hull's 11E Magnifier, they ended up
 > >hanging the resonator from the roof. Darn big toroid for a tiny (~2' 
tall?)
 > >resonator, maybe that helped. I wondered more about roof hits from 11'
 > >streamers
 > >than secondary breakouts with that setup.
 > >
 > >-Phil LaBudde
 > >
 > >
 > >
 >
 >
 >