Re: pain from coil strikes (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:20:47 EDT
From: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: pain from coil strikes (fwd)

 
In a message dated 8/6/07 9:00:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

Moderator's note: 

Drawing sparks to one's body is risky at  best.  While some contend that
the skin effect prevents penetration of  the electricity, this effect is
for homogeneous bodies, of which the human  body is not.  Nerves, blood
vessels, bones, and muscles all have  different conductivites.

The nervous system can't detect frequencies as  high as those found in
tesla coils so you can't feel what damage may be  occurring.

Chip



Hi Chip, All,
 
    The so-called "skin effect" does not refer to human  skin (dermis) but to 
the outer layer of ANY conductor. This means that the  high-voltage, 
high-frequency current travels over the outside of the dermis, the  outside of the 
blood vessels, the outside of the nerve sheaths, etc,  SIMULTANEOUSLY, in 
proportion to the HF AC resistance of each path. Before doing  this "trick", talk to 
people who have done it for many years. You may have  to heck the "vegetable 
section" of the state hospital to see if any are  still alive.
 
Matt D.



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