Re: SWITCH

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: SWITCH
From: ross andrews <sflourine-at-home-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 05:34:27 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme



	I was under the impression that current makes all your muscles contract
- making you unable to let go of anything.  But all my experience deals
with neons and lamp cords - is it different with high frequency?

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>
> 
> Hello Eric:
> 
> I've been using a simple setup since I first started playing with coils
> that has worked very well for me.  I mounted a contactor (another name
> for a heavy relay) and a 24 volt transformer in a metal box with a long
> length of zip cord going to a hand held push button.  I put some small
> R.F. chokes on the button leads and a couple of bypass caps to ground
> to keep the high frequency stuff at bay.  The box has a regular three
> pin power cord and a single grounded receptacle.
> 
> Pressing the button allows the 24 volts to close the contactor and apply
> power to the T.C.  If I should happen to take a hit from the coil, I'll
> drop the switch and the juice will be cut off instantly.  The transformer
> I used to operate the contactor has a tapped primary which allows it to
> be operated from either 120 or 240 volts.  When my coils get bigger and
> require more power, I'll just rewire the primary and change the power in
> and out connectors to 240 volt units.
> 
> 73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
> 
> Listening: 147.030+ and 442.075+
> E-mail:    weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca
>            or ve3ear-at-rac.ca
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