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Re: Hazardous radiation produced by a Tesla Coil?
Gamma?
Gamma, by definition is radiation emmited from a radioactive nuceous, by
radioactive decay... Unles you make a particle accelerator with your TC, you
will NEVER get gamma rays!!!!!, x rays, yea, but for that you still need a
vacume tube... you don't get x-rays in air no matter what the voltage...
electrons just dont travel well in anything but a hard vacuum... your hazards
are going to be HV, HF, and maybe UV from the spark gap... all of these hazards
you can protect yourself from with some good old fassion common sense...
Pyroguy
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "Jeff Corr" <corr-at-enid-dot-com>
>
> With all the responses, there have been next to no facts present - exactly
> what I'm looking for. I know the voltage and noise is a problem, but those
> can be avoided,
> and are. I was hoping for more the exact measured amount of radiation
> falling in
> certain frequencies such as gamma, microwave, and UV - such as with a chart,
> etc...
> Has anyone seen anything like this?
>
> >Original Poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> >
> >Tesla List wrote:
> >>
> >> Original Poster: Adam <psycho-at-tradewind-dot-net>
> >>
> >> Tesla List wrote:
> >>
> >> > Original Poster: "Jeff Corr" <corr-at-enid-dot-com>
> >> >
> >> > Out of curiousity, has anyone got any information on the hazardous
> >> > radiation released by a Tesla Coil, such as type, quantity, and how
> >> > dangerous it actually is to us....
> >> >
> >> > Just don't wanna die of cancer at 40...
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >>
> >> There's a lot of UV radiation generated in the spark gap. I guess you
> >> COULD get skin cancer, but I doubt it...
> >>
> >> Adam
> >
> > What about the assault on the ears from the noise of the gap?
> >
> >Ed
> >