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Re: Tesla Coil

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From: Elric of Imrryr
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1986 06:42
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In article <6204@mhuxu.UUCP> davec@mhuxu.UUCP (Dave Caswell) writes:
>The tesla coil effects are quite fun.  We once lined up about 10 of
>the neighborhood kids up (I was pretty young when I built my first
>Tesla coil.) and had one end of the line hold the coil, and the
>other end held a flourescent tube, which glowed quite brightly.
>
A friend of mine who was a communication tech in the Airforce once
pointed a microwave anntenna at a guy carring an arm load of flourescent
tubes, which started to glow, and flicker.... The poor guy dropped the
entire load a ran....

	Brad


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From: elric@csustan.UUCP (Elric of Imrryr)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil
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Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 01:42:31 EST
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