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Re: Tesla Coil Kits

Subject: 
        Re: Tesla Coil Kits
  Date: 
        Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:06:53 -0500 (EST)
  From: 
        richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


>Aha, now we are considering it Cheating if you buy one that works? Well,
>what about selling one to someone that does work, they are cheating, but
>we are making da money! Working Tesla Coils that are tunned, and work
>great can be sold for LOTS of money, some people may ask "Why? Whats the
>point?" But after you turn it on, and they see the bright three-ten foot
>streamers, they drop their jaw, and all their questions are answered,
>and the next thing you know they want YOU to build one for them that
>they will pay BIG bucks for!
>
>
>Cheating? Making a Living? Who cares? ;)
>
>Jeremy Bair
>
>PS: Maybe this could be profitable, I'm sure some of you coilers have
>built some you have Donated or Sold to museums.
>
>Jeremy,

I have been requested on numerous occasions to make coils for folks and
consistently refuse.  A few of them offered me big bucks to  make 'em
one, too.

I don't have the time for the fit and finish a lot of folks demand.  I
just
make 'em work and move on to the next experiment.  I have a hard enough
time
building them for myself much less some Tesla dweeb wanna-be who has
five
thumbs on each hand and a pocket full of cash.

Also it's a matter of liability and insurance.  You put your neck in a
noose
if you build and some dork kills himself, his kids, or someone elses
kids.
In many states, you can't even use a signed legal release waver to avoid
civil prosecution for injuries.  (something about the idoit who killed
himself can't legally sign over his right to health and happiness or his
ability to support his family, etc.) 

All who would build coils for profit.....beware of the impending
litigation.
Lawyers would lick their chops over a case where a smoldering body of a
three year old was caught in a Tesla arc on video.  Heck, even if some
nebish gets a slight shock, he can say that he has been unable to work
for
the past year due to nervous system problems and muscle spasms ever
since he
was hit by that lightnin' thang!  Who is to say he is wrong or lying. 
The
civil jury just sees you as a perveyor of unsafe and senselessly
wreckless
lightning machines which serve no real purpose of God's green earth! 
The
poor plantiff was led to believe that all this was fun and safe, and was
hurt for his belief in you and your infernal machine.  $2,000,000
awarded
for real injury and loss of income.

Richard Hull, TCBOR