Re: best ground for tesla coils?

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Original poster: "Terry Blake by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tb3-at-att-dot-net>

Dan,

Got any photos of that new coil?

Terry Blake

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Subject: RE: best ground for tesla coils?


 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Just buy one of those $5.00 ground rods at Home Depot and hammer it into
the
 > ground.  That more than enough ground
 > for most tesla coils.  I run my newest 15kVA coil with just one of those
and
 > it works absolutely great.  No problems whatsoever.
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >   > >hello
 >   > >
 >   > >i was wondering whats the best ground for my tesla coil?
 >   > >at the moment we connected our tesla coil to the earth from
 >   > >the 220V main power.
 >   > >but i have some doubt if this is a good solution. because of
 >   > >disturbing other peopel who have their computer or somthing
 >   > >else connected to the same ground.
 >   >
 >   > Yes, very bad idea indeed, you might be puting up to 10v ac on that
 > ground.
 >   > While that may no seem like much, it is to devices that are designed
to
 >   > only have say 10mv on there ground
 >   >
 >   > >whats better:
 >   > >to take a metall plate on the floor to make my own earth?
 >   > >how big should such a plate be?
 >   > Uh, no, you do not want a large metal plate in your room connected to
 > your
 > tc
 >   >
 >   > >or, to put a metall stake into the earth in front of my house, and
 >   > >to link my teslacoil ground together whit this stake? to the
connection
 >   > >i would take a special emv cooper band.
 >   >
 >   > Best idea! tho copper bands are overkill, just like those audiophiles
and
 >   > gold plated oxygen free mylar coated cables, we don't need 'leet'
 > wireing.
 >   > we just need wireing, skin effect is very limited at tc freqencys, and
 >   > quartlengths are quite long so ground cable distance isent a big
issue.
 >   > just use some nice 15amp wire or mabey 20~30amp wire if your paranoid.
 >   > might wanna get some insulation on it tho. with my crappy flyback and
 > film
 >   > capsul tesla (and tent peg ground) i can get tiny sparks off my ground
 > when
 >   > I touch it to metal objects
 >   >
 >   >
 >   > >or, to link my teslacoil together with the water pipe who is
 >   > >comming in my house? what's about gas pipe's?
 >   > Water and gas is bad idea. just use the nice long pole in the ground
 >   >
 >   > >by tobias
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