These aren't exactly "school kids" - they're senior high honors
students at a school for the gifted. They're a lot older than I was
when I made my first TC with a small NST salvaged from a sign on top
of a burned building. So far my nephew hasn't gotten them into
motor bike riding but they have built some sensational potato
cannons capable of tossing a potato about a half mile into the
pacific from their campus. Other projects include a big VDG,
several Wimshurst machines, hot air engines, one model jet engine,
etc. George believes that there's a big connection between the
hands and the brain and so do I.
Ed
"I cringe at the public liability aspects of handing out HV
transformers to schoolkids. Would you as a parent be happy with
that? I wouldn't. A great learning experience I am sure, but so is
learning about high explosives and motor bike racing.
Nevertheless a nice score with 12kV 240mA.
Peter
www.tesladownunder.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Phillips" <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
My nephew teaches at a "gifted children's" high school near San
Diego and he managed to convince a SD sign shop to give the his all
of the transformers they wanted if they salvaged them from old
signs stored in the back yard of the shop. They got a lot and he
brought me 4 12 kV, 60 ma Jeffersons to play with. Always worth a
try.
By the way, about 10 of his students including a couple of girls
made decent TC's during the term.
Ed
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