Re: Illegal?

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Illegal?
From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:11:15 -0700

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From kylechad-at-airmail-dot-netTue Sep 17 22:44:52 1996
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 19:58:57 -0600
> From: Kyle Chadwick <kylechad-at-airmail-dot-net>
> To: "'tesla-at-pupman-dot-com'" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Illegal?
> 
> Does any one know if the emf from a Tesla coil is at illegal amounts.

EMF  is potential or voltage.  I am sure you meant ELF fields.  This is 
electromagnetic energy.  There are only suggested federal guidelines in 
this area and no laws that I am currently aware of limit this value.  The 
Tesla coil produces much higher field energies in the Low end of the RF 
range.  You would need a calibrated RF field meter to determine this. 
(watts) or absorbed (watts/cubic cm.)  Most of the magnetic field 
associated with The tesla coil is pretty low. (milligauss)  The "E" field 
can be quite high (megavolts/meter) and again, a special meter is 
required to determine this accurately.  There is lotsa' stuff goin' on 
around a TC running at full tilt.  If it even slightly concerns you, 
forget Tesla coils and turn on the TV.

Richard Hull, TCBOR