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A student is willing to donate a small Tesla coil to us, 3' tall*. I
like the idea but we are too small to staff it, and the museum is
reluctant to accept it on safety concerns. I've seen a very large
version of the device in action in an electronics store (Fry's, Fremont,
CA), and it is in a large cage (probably 12' on a side). They used to
set it off about every hour, but it's a bit worn down now. This suggests
to me that if we built a cage for it, then we could do a similar thing.
That is, no staff and just let'er rip every once in awhile. My question
is how do we build a cage? That is, how does one build a cage of proper
dimensions to keep someone from getting hurt?
* He really did a good job, and has volunteered to do another such item
if the Tesla coil doesn't work out.
--
Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
"We had the sky, up there, all speckled with stars, and we
used to lay on our backs and look up at them and discuss
whether they was made, or only just happened."
-- "Huckleberry Finn", Mark Twain
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