RE: new secondary problems

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: RE: new secondary problems
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 09:10:57 -0600
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From: 	Bert Pool[SMTP:bertpool-at-flash-dot-net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, November 19, 1997 5:44 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: new secondary problems

>
>From: kevin[SMTP:wawa-at-spectra-dot-net]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 3:34 PM
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: new secondary problems
>
>i just wound a new 6" secondary.  i tested it out and it worked great.
>then i wanted to take everything apart and bring it inside. well, when i
>touched the upper half of the secondary i got shocked.  i keep touching
>it and i keep getting shocked, it isn't even connected to the rest of my
>coil anymore, it is in my room.  why do i keep getting shocked?
>

Because you've been bad, and Thor is punishing you?  ;>)

Richard Hull and other Tesla researchers have proven that Tesla coil
operation is at least partially electrostatic in nature.  Many of us have
been zapped by the residual electrostatic charge left on our coils!  What is
amazing to me is that a grounded coil can retain any charge whatsoever.