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Re: streamer hit

Hi Terry, all,

> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>
> 
> 
> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>
> >snip
> >>
> >> I personally don't know what 80+ sparks feel like hitting your hand.
> >>But I can say that I have held my hand up to my coil and it gives off
> >>~3 foot streamers. It isn't really painful but it makes your muscles
> >>contract and feel really weird. By the way if anyone is wondering I did
> >>have myself insulated from ground and drew the sparks to me by using a 
> >>12 inch copper pipe.
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I always wanted to do this experiment but never got around to it.  I would 
> >like to take a thick piece of meat, like ham, and put neon bulbs or leds 
> >inside it with their leads along the current path.  This should indicate
the 
> >currents in the interior of the meat (I would make little holes so I could
> see 
> >the lights).  This would indicate if the Tesla coil currents flow on the 
> >outside of ones body or uniformaly throughout the body.  Perhaps someone 
> >already has done this or knows the answer??
> >
> >   Terry
> 
> Wow! Sounds like a neat experiment to determine if the RF currents really
> are going through our internal organs and such (as opposed to the skin
> effect which suggest they just flow on the outer surface of the skin).
> However, It would be easier and cheaper to use clear Jello type gelatine
> with some salt added to simulate the human body rather than expensive meat
> (works fine for bullet testing).  The neon bulbs or LEDs would be very easy
> to see and it would be very easy to encase them uniformly in the Jello.  I
> always have wondered if RF currents arcing to our heads would pass through
> our brains??  If so, arcs to the head may not be a good idea!
> 
>     Terry :-)

I think the skin effect can be discounted due to the relatively high 
resistivity of the body generally. Within the body, favoured current 
paths would be the circulatory system loaded with ionic fluids and 
the nervous system. Of course these appear throughout the body and
go practically to the skin as nerve endings and capillaries. This 
seems to be supported by damage occurring to victims of lightning 
strikes, particularly damage to the central nervous system.

Malcolm