Re: TC Question and Discharge Safety - Lightning from Fingers

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Original poster: Chris Roberts <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Last summer I was running my mini coil in the garage with (obviously) the 
lights out. This left the coil the only good source of light which 
attracted a moth that flew right through the streamers. I immediately 
turned the coil off and turned the lights on, and saw the moth fluttering 
around on the ground. It was obviously dazed, but finally got back in the 
air, although it took it about another minute for it to fly normally. I 
felt bad for the poor thing, but it was still amusing to see a drunken-like 
moth fluttering around in lazy circles. I was just glad it didn't go for 
the other light source the coil had (the sparkgap) otherwise the moth would 
have left quite a mess.

Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
Original poster: Bert Hickman

Bart and Ed,

A number of years ago during the summer, I was demonstrating my 10" coil to
a 14 year-old future scientist. The coil is housed in a screened in porch.
A horsefly was buzzing around in the room and it finally happened to land
on the toroid. I cranked the variac on just enough to make a single "pop".
The resulting streamer passed through the fly, blowing it to bits. The
kid, now in college, still talks about the world's most expensive bug
zapper.. :^)

Best regards,

-- Bert --

Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: Ed Phillips
 >"Original poster: Bart Anderson
 >New Years eve, my son and his girlfriend saw a spider on the ground and
 >freaked out (daddy longleg). It amazes me how many pe! ople have fear of
 >spiders (oh well). Anyway, I thought I'd see what happened if I placed
 >it
 >on the toroid. Can anyone guess how the spider faired?
 >Bart"
 > Fried fast?
 >Ed
 >
 >.





-Chris