Re: coil at school?

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Original poster: Zagarus Rashkae <arbitrarily_random-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Hi Kevin,

Tesla coils do not cause such spikes in mains wiring.
I have left all my computers on and all other devices
plugged in while running my Tesla coil before, they
have suffered no ill effects. The only thing to worry
about is if you ground the TC to socket ground (don't
do it! Always have a good dedicated RF ground.) In a
classroom it may be difficult to get a good RF ground.
If you make a twin (bipolar) TC then you won't need a
ground, which then will be very portable.

Regards,

Chris Lu

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "K Wilson" <teslamap-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > After making a new secondary coil on the lathe at
 > school, all the
 > professors want me to bring the coil in for a
 > demonstration. But I remember
 > something about coils causing voltage spikes in the
 > mains wiring. I just
 > unplug everything in the house when I run it at
 > home. The tech building has
 > 300 computers that I dont want to have to pay for!
 > How can I run the coil at school (or other
 > building)? I have a filter in
 > the mains input, would that be good enough? Keep the
 > RF ground far from the
 > building ground?
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Kevin Wilson
 > teslamap-at-hotmail-dot-com
 >
 >