On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > William Beaty wrote: > > But Ron DID report that the lights go out if you ground the cage. And > > then there apparently was a bunch of flaming going on about whether a > > Faraday cage is still a shield if not grounded. > > He did? I sure missed that! (Wouldn't be the first time, for sure.) > My apologies, if that's the case.
Maybe *I'm* delusional. I thought in an earlier message he mentioned that the pie tins had to be floating, and if they were connected to the main ground cable, the lights went out. Ron? Do the lights in video#7 go out if the proto-board's ground is connected to the pie tins, and then the big ground cable connects to the pie tins? With no ground cable going through any cracks in the aluminum? If the lights stay on when the pie tins are connected directly to the same ground cable that goes to the ground block under his bench, then THAT'S something VERY weird and inexplicable. > As I recall, the first video with the cage showed the light on, and > panned down to show a ground wire on the cage. I don't recall any point > where the light went out in that video. It cannot be just any source of ground. It has to be the same ground wire that leads under the bench, and it has to be connected to the end that goes to the proto board. Anything else opens up the way to forming a 1-turn loop antenna which can intercept RF. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci

