Re: really cool link to so cool effect's

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Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <arpit-at-inzo-dot-org> 

Electrical safety needs to be taught, not padlocks on the outlets! when I 
was in grade 4...... thats um, 8 years ago so I was 8 or 9 I used to blow 
the fuses in the classroom occaisonally for fun; I'd take a paperclip and 
stick it into  a large rubber and shove it into the heater- but see I knew 
to use a very large rubber ;) Also I remember resting lots of propelling 
pencils on the pins of a flug in the socket so when you turned it on flash, 
boom. Kids have lots of spare time and are ingenious, you just need to 
teach them how not to kill themselves ;)

Ok, now on topic now; How do these people do these weird arc trics? I 
thought they'd get burns on their fingers and rf internal burns. When is it 
safe to touch a tesla coil and when isn't it?

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On 14/05/2004 at 1:35 PM Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >
 >Sorry but I found this and had to post it:
 >
 >"3 An eleven year old unscrewed the cover from an electrical socket, and
 >was
 >only just stopped from poking his fingers in the back."
 >
 >That sounds bad, until you look at Alabama's schools! 50% of the outlets
 >are
 >live and are not covered!
 >
 >---Eric
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:41 PM
 >Subject: Re: really cool link to so cool effect's
 >
 >
 > > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 > >
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > Go to:
 > >
 > > http://www.pupman-dot-com/htsearch.html
 > >
 > > And search the archives for thread about "arcs off the fingers".
 > >
 > > http://www.pupman-dot-com/listarchives/2000/February/msg00053.html
 > >
 > > http://www.pupman-dot-com/listarchives/2000/February/threads.html
 > >
 > > Also see:
 > >
 > > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Safety/safety.htm
 > >
 > > Note this:
 > >
 > > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/Deaths.txt
 > >
 > > Transtrom got killed doing it....  It is a game for those that are
 >highly
 > > experienced, highly insured, or highly stupid...
 > >
 > > Cheers,
 > >
 > >          Terry
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > At 03:21 PM 5/13/2004, you wrote:
 > > >This is a web address for a stunt performed with a tesla coil haven't
 > > >totally figured out how the did but I am trying if any of you can
 >figure
 > > >it out let me know please cause I will be working at a haunted house
 >this
 > > >year and think that it would be a nice effect to have at a safe
 >distance
 > > >from the crowd of
 > > >course..
 ><http://www.hvfx.co.uk/stunts.html>www.hvfx.co.uk/stunts.html
 > > >it's called the lightning man stunt and is the only one with video of
 >it
 > >
 > >
 > >