Re: A challenge

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <network-at-neXband-dot-com>

Hey Dan,
  I guess I consider myself lucky because my girlfriend has taken an 
interest in my coiling with exceptions.  The main exception is that the 
noise scares her.  Because of this, I'm going to try to enclose my rotary 
spark gap to cut down on sound levels.  I have caught alot of flack from 
many saying "your gonna get killed" and "I'm gonna turn on the news one 
day and there you'll be".  I get that from nearly everyone!  Not to make 
lightly of safety issues, I've explained about the skin effect and how the 
most dangerous amprege is in the tank circut and not necessarily the final 
output but I guess all they hear is blah blah blah.  I guess you could say 
that other than the coilers here on the list, I only have one person who 
doesn't knock my hobby.  I try to show my coil to as many as possible in 
hopes that some more will take interest in the hobby.  I don't even know 
of anyone in the same state that I live in that is coiling.  Hmmm, maybe I 
should trade this hobby in for stamp collecting...............NAW, I DON'T 
THINK SO!!!!:))
  I'm interested to see what others say about your problem.  Good luck on 
your quest for approval from your wife.


P.S.
Ever notice that you don't hear of anyone getting killed by a coil 
compared to power line workers getting killed everyday.  It reminds me of 
how you hear of more swimmers drowning than scuba divers!  I like to think 
this is due to the fact that we try to stay more safety conscience and 
don't become "comfortable" with HV.



You wrote:  

>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz " 
>
>Hey folks,
>I am so glad to be a part of this list. You all are valuable resources and
>I greatly appreciate it.
>
>On that note, I have a problem that may be solved with your
>expertise/experience.
>
>My wife is scared to death of Tesla coils. She makes a face and nags (for
>lack of a better word) at me every time I mention anything related to it.
>All she can think about is my coil killing someone and us getting sued and
>our lives ruined.
>
>I really don't want to go through a divorce over this and even if I have 
to
>be solo in enjoying my TC I will do so. But it seems a shame not to share
>this cool thing with others, especially kids, or at a haunted house. But
>she won't hear of that.
>
>HELP! You single folks are so lucky, stay that way.
>
>Thanks
>Dan
>Ft. Lauderdale