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Re: streamer hit

At 10:31 AM 11/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>Hi,
>
> I personally don't know what 80+ sparks feel like hitting your hand.
>But I can say that I have held my hand up to my coil and it gives off
>~3 foot streamers. It isn't really painful but it makes your muscles
>contract and feel really weird. By the way if anyone is wondering I did
>have myself insulated from ground and drew the sparks to me by using a 
>12 inch copper pipe.
>
>Chris
>
>

I always wanted to do this experiment but never got around to it.  I would
like to take a thick piece of meat, like ham, and put neon bulbs or leds
inside it with their leads along the current path.  This should indicate
the currents in the interior of the meat (I would make little holes so I
could see the lights).  This would indicate if the Tesla coil currents flow
on the outside of ones body or uniformaly throughout the body.  Perhaps
someone already has done this or knows the answer??

	Terry
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