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Hi everyone,
I built a nice, three foot tall Vann de Graaff generator in my garage. While operating it one day, I was surprised to find that it would open and close my Genie automatic garage door at random . Pretty quirky, I thought. But then, when I was done for the day, I found that the Genie would no longer work with the wall switch or the remote! I had blown it out! How can this be? Do Van de Graaff generators emit some R.F.? Replacing the Genie was not fun!
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ive had some weird things happen like that before, i was arcing into a huge inductor and my computer on the other side of my room was accting like i was unplugging and plugging in a usb cable with the nosie and everyhint O.O
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Joined: Tue Jun 12 2007, 10:57PM
Location: Brazil
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The VDG produces sparks, and sparks emit a lot of RF. Depending on where you put the VDG it may have sparked to wiring going to the damaged device, what is almost sure destruction.
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every time i make flyback arcs on my desk, my computer mouse 'disconnects' until i unplug it and plug it back in. I think i've done permanent damage, as i'm constantly 'double' clicking stuff now.
I am trying to picture that. When I read it I was ROFL. make a nice cartoon. "Come see my..." *opens* grr *closes* *opens* *closes* I hope mytesla coil never did anything to my phone. I held it too close to it and the screen started flickering.
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Van de Graaff generator question
