Re: Illegal?

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Illegal?
From: Dan Gowin <gowin-at-epic-1.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:09:09 -0500
Tesla List wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Illegal?
> 
> >From hullr-at-whitlock-dot-comWed Sep 18 23:51:38 1996
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:11:15 -0700
> From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Illegal?
> 
> 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

Richard,
	We here at the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center use high RF source
transmitters and most recently are using a Tesla Coil for environmental
testing. The E.P.A. has no real position on the use of Tesla coils or any
high magnetic field devices. The only concern they had, was in regards to
the use of PCB's in devices. The only Federal agencey we needed to confer
with was the FCC. And they instructed us to keep the device in a sealed
metal building, with good grounding, to aviod RF interference. Oh and as far
as Radiation, Ozone, and other electromagnetic nasties. Your T.V., automobile
and home Computer are of much more concern to the government than a low
frequency electromagnetic device. 

	But, I'm not saying that these devices are completly safe. Don't
upset the neighbors. And, really don't upset the local utility company.

Please be safe.

Big Red, HV Capacitors. Burn Baby Burn.
ITS Member
D. Gowin