Re: Funky Topload Ideas

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Chris,

The "rope" that holds the car up may attract a streamer and burn up.  That
could drop the car which would be "bad".  The radio antenna and other such
exterior electrical things will have to be grounded out or the stereo will
go dead.  The car's electronics "should" be safe.  The car designers try
real hard to make that stuff tough but you may be finding new ways to
damage the electrical system, which the car company might pay you for ;-))

You may remember TV shows that demonstrated an electric wire sticking up in
the street that police would "zap" a car's electrical system with to stop
fleeing cars and such.  Once the car companies saw that, they immediately
fixed that electrical system "flaw".  The potential danger of a vulnerable
electrical system is a high liability thing.  Cars are supposed to be able
to take direct lightning strikes without electrical system failure.  But it
is all theory...

Cheers,

	Terry


At 06:26 PM 11/20/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>The topload for our 6" setup is actually suspended by construction twine 
>from the ceiling. we've had great success with this for several months and 
>the idea of hanging a topload is a good thing for us. It allows us to vary 
>the height and makes the coil more stable since the topload isn't balanced 
>on top. I'm wondering how many others have done this, and to what extent. 
>The idea of using a small car (preferably not Geek-3) as a topload suspended 
>by rope over a large coil would make an interesting finalle for the winter 
>Teslathon. any thoughts on this?
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