Re: [TCML] Running a TC in snow

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

One more thing to concider. I'll bet your multimeter thinks air is a pretty good insulator. My Tesla Coil thinks air is a pretty darned good conductor. Your meter probably uses a 9 volt dc battery. A coil uses hundreds of thousands of volts at tens to hundreds of kilohertz.

Adam

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Running a TC in snow
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 6:56 PM
> Hate to argue with you Dr. R,  but I just stuck my
> multimeter into a pile of snow(got plenty of the white stuff
> around), and with the probe less that about half inch apart,
> I got a infinite resistance reading.  I would venture to
> guess that as long as it is cold enough that the snow
> doesn't melt, it would actually not make a coil run
> significantly different than if in the same conditions
> without it snowing.   distilled water has a fairly high
> resistance as well...which snow would be very close to upon
> melting...I could see it shorting the spark gap if it were
> not enclosed somehow, but if you set your coil up outdoors
> under a tarp until it is below freezing....I don't think
> much would ever happen bad."
> Mike
> 
> 
> > yes, bad idea.  Snow and water do not mix well with
> high
> > voltage.
> > 
> > Dr. Resonance
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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