Electronics vs. Tesla coil

[EricGoodchild]

Thats strange Ive never had that happen to me befor. I have 2 DRSSTC (Duel Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil) same as arc attack just not as big, and I have never killed any electronics with them. From my experience I would say the plasma has to strike the device to kill it. Otherwise you will just interfere with the device because of the massive amounts of RFI produced by the coil.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

An old ham once told me...
"Boy, the only thing predictable about lightning is it's unpredictable."
When you have high voltage of any kind in close proximity to micro-millimeter electronic junctions, failures can occur. some are transient and some are permanent. Try removing the battery if you can for 10-15 seconds and reinstall.

[EricGoodchild]

hehe I am a Ham too. and believe it or not high voltage electricity can be very predictable it will always find the shortest path to ground. Although I can see it interfering with sensitive MCU devices but never my cell phone. It's funny I can touch the arcs of my Tesla coil with my cell phone in my pocket and it is always fine, but on the other hand a VCR 3 rooms away goes crazy lol

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Eric,
Find me and ask about the ham that had a direct strike on his tower that took out his plumbing and set the house on fire. Shortest isn't the rule.

[Jeff Pahl]

I used to take lightning strikes on my tower all the time. Tower was right outside the window from my PC. Never had a problem with the PC. Did have problems with the garage door opener on the other end of the house. Also had problems once with the phone line, which also came in the other side of the house.

And I could often tell when I was about to get hit, as the phone would start ringing continuously from the induced voltage in the phone line, for about 2-5 seconds before the big flash and noise.