Tesla scares neighbors

Ooh, I've just gotta build one of those!

PeterD wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

--Damon Toy!!!

6000 turns of #14 THHN for the secondary, and two 7.5Kv pole transformers in series for the exciter, a spinning air gap switch, and all the basic HV drive in his garage and really unshielded. while I'm amazed it works, I hope he has good fire insurance.

Steve Roberts

snipped-for-privacy@uakron.edu wrote in news:1194971734.726847.180180 @v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

I hope he has good life insurance; there seem to be a fair number of exposed high-voltage components and wiring, to say nothing of his back yard when the thing is running...

--Damon

That is just silly. No one has ever been killed by a Tesla coil. The most dangerous thing he owns is probably a car.

I once had a 10-Lambda V-beam in my back yard... when I had an acre... on 2-meters... killed every TV set for a city block.

I never did 'fess up... told the neighbors my TV quit too ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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The danger is real:

- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)

Not only that, there is an actual body count, 3 known here:

- Don Klipstein ( snipped-for-privacy@misty.com)

If even ONE of his neighbors ever decided to complain to the FCC, he would have heard about it in a big way.

EME ?

Ed

About 20 years ago, a friend built one and used to operate it the evenings just to irritate the neighbors during prime time television. Of course this was before the day that cable TV became common place. He was pretty certain it worked because if he turned it on while his parents were trying to watch TV he heard about it pretty quick.

Sheesh - I read it as 10 lambda boom. :-( Ed

So, THAT'S what a "boom box" is!