Fw: Re: Safety of Running Coil in Garage

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Original poster: "K. C. Herrick by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>

Terry-

Did this reach pupman?

Ken Herrick

 >>>I don't think so??  I'll post this...<<<

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From: K. C. Herrick <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:12:08 -0800
Subject: Re: Safety of Running Coil in Garage

Watch it!  As I'd reported some time back, I've damaged numerous of my
"X10" light-control units by allowing sparks to hit house wiring.  They
now variously half-work, turn on by themselves, etc.  I'll not trouble to
replace them until/unless I quit the inside coiling.

I didn't have the trouble until the sparks-in-air actually hit the
wiring.  X10 units distant about 30 ft. did not suffer--but then, I don't
have a humungeous coil.

Ken Herrick


On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 16:45:36 -0700 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
writes:
 > Original poster: "Alan by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>
 >
 > Hey,
 >
 > I've finished my first coil and the sparks are adequate at best. I
 > would
 > like to experiment with it more, but currently I can only do it at
 > night
 > because I can't see the sparks during the day. I would like to run
 > it in my
 > garage but am worried about damaging the electronics in the house.
 > What can
 > I do to be safe in the garage or should I just not run it there?
 > There is a
 > garage door unit and a light close to where it would be running.
 > Also, the
 > family computer is directly behind the garage wall. So, there's not
 > much
 > physical distance between it and the coil(about 10-15ft). My second
 >
 > question is: how big should the sparks be from a coil powered by 2
 > 15kv/30ma transformers(15kv/60ma total)?
 > There are 11 primary turns, about 1400 secondary turns if i remember
 > on a
 > 4.25" x 23" pvc secondary with 27awg wire with a .03 uf 35kv maxwell
 > cap.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Alan
 >
 >
 >
 >