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Designing safety from the beginning.



I am getting ready to build my first Tesla Coil and am considering safety
issues.  I have decided that before I begin looking for transformers,
capacitors, etc., I should give some thought to safety and how the safety
concerns should be reflected in the control panel I am designing.  With
this in mind I have a few questions for the group.

1.  Has anyone had any success in using a dead man's type switch as the
main power switch for the coil.

2.  Am I right in my assumption that my main power switch should be in
the AC line leading to my transformer and not on one of the higher
voltage lines?

3.  Has anyone successfully and safely discharged the capacitor(s) using
a switch on the control panel?

4.  Would it be possible to design the main power switch so that in one
position it would turn the power on and in the other it would drain the
capicitors?  Would this work better with a three position switch?  (For a
"null" position in the middle.) Would it be better to do this with two
differently rated switches?

5.  With regard to safety, are there any gauges, meter's, etc. which
should be designed into the control box?

Thanks, 


Alex

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