It has been a long time until recently that I have had email from the mailing list. I live in Colorado Springs also. Looking forward to hearing about your projects David. I live over by the major intersection of Garden of the Gods and Centennial Blvd.
Allen BishopFormer semiconductor and nuclear physics Tech for over 38 years starting as United Technologies Microelectronics Center. 719-640-6241On Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 08:58:32 PM MDT, Tesla Coil Mailing List <tcml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I enjoy watching the messages, even though I don’t really participate.
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> On Aug 19, 2026, at 21:48, David Sharpe <sparktron01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It’s been slow because we’re transplanting from Virginia to Colorado
> Springs. I am working with the IEEE Pikes Peak chapter (Senior Member)
> we’re going for a milestone placard for Tesla Colorado Springs laboratory
> work. That kind of became a springboard for a new Magnifier that I’m
> building that’s based on 21st-century technology rather than oh let’s build
> something like Tesla did in 1899. Totally new geometry based on induction
> heating principles may provide more information as we get closer to getting
> something done. This thing is so novel that I’m delaying discussing it
> until I have a paper written that may go through the IEEE. There have been
> cases where someone suggested they were first in innovating something,
> right after it’s disclosed, and I despise intellectual dishonesty. I have
> 10 patents so I know what Tesla went through.
>
> For the past 10 years, I’ve been working with ABB electrification as a
> contractor, my role is senior test engineer. I’ve been designing installing
> and commissioning high power electrical equipment up to 2.5 MW that
> includes coordinating breakers ground fault systems and assisting with
> equipment testing UPS is up to one megawatt. Now working on medium voltage
> products that are in the pipeline so yeah if someone wants to build to
> really high power Tesla Magnifier I think I’m qualified to build a power
> system.
>
> All kidding aside everyone stay safe and remember an arc flash event is a
> random event. You may be lucky 999 times have 1000 but that one time you’ve
> just won the lottery and it’s a bad win. Always, always wear your PPE
> always watch out for your coworkers.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Dave Sharpe, TCBOR/HEAS
> Chesterfield, VA USA
>
> Sharpe's Axiom of Murphy's Law
> "Physics trumps opinion!"
>
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM Peter Brock <peterbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm still here in North Attleboro, Ma.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 8:10 PM, Mark Stolz <mark.stolz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm still coiling as it were. I do a program for the local library
>> system
>>> called "Playing with Lightning". Talk to the kids about electricity,
>>> conductors, insulators, etc. A spark gap coil, a small sstc, and plasma
>>> globe. Planning to add a small Van de Graaff to the mix.
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM Jim Lux <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> TCML is alive, but not real active
>>>>
>>>> Maybe a message every week or so.
>>>>
>>>> It would be interesting to know how often the archives are searched.
>>>> Clearly the AI bots have ingested the archives, because I see things in
>>>> responses that I remember seeing on the TCML.
>>>>
>>>>
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