Original poster: "Drake Schutt" <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>
Hello again
I want to first say that last weekend I went down to see Dave
Rieben's coil last week and it was AWESOME! I had never seen a coil
in real life, and seeing all of his hv gear and his coil was great
(especially the quarter shrinker). He also gave me some 942s he had
so maybe I can beef up my main cap. ^_^. Ive been searching through
the list archive for a little while and what Im wonder about now is
faraday cages. If i build a form out of small pvc pipe and cover it
with metal screen or chicken wire, and somehow attach a fat ground
connection to it will it work? Can i ground it to the same rf
ground as the seconday? How big can the mesh of the cage be? (for
a smallish 12/30 nst powered coil)
Also, i have to ask about these suit things. Ive seen dr. megavolt
or whatever he's called and some other guy with another enormous
coil wearing one, and obviously im intrigued. Do these things
operated on the same principles as a faraday cage? I know its
dangerous, but can it really be that hard to make one for my
purposes? I mean heck, i saw some obviously insane woman sitting on
top of a torroid shooting lightning out her fingers on the discovery
channel and she didnt have anything on! Sorry for the long and
juvenile post, and as always your knowledge is invaluable.
-Drake