The Jeff Cook Effect

Following the coil device posted by Jeff Cook, I decided to see the effect for myself. The coil is said to cause a flame to be bent towards it, too repel metals that should be attracted, to repel a small wooden ball suspended on a cord and to cause a pressure sensation on the skin.

I have tested the Cook Coil and you can see the test setup below. At first I thought I had seen success, only to realise a measurement error. First of all I suspended some scissors from a thin cord and hung them in front the large end of the coil. When energised the scissors swung towards the coil and stuck to it due to normal electromagnetic affect. I then placed the scissors at the other end of the coil by the thin part. When energised the scissors were repelled away from the coil!!! At first I thought I was seeing a strange affect that should not be, however upon placing a compass near the scissors they repelled the compass needle indicting the scissors had become magnetised, probably by the original side of the coil. To test this I reversed the polarity on the coils and tried again. This time the scissors were repelled by the large end and attracted to the small end. I then tried any possible affects on a flame, of which I could see none. Perhaps I have in correctly built the coil, but I see no evidence of any strange affects.