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Re: [Re: Location/injury]
Be sure to tell your friend to never build a large coil and use a pole
transformer. He won't need the hospital for recovery.
There is a strong lesson here --- never touch anything in the oscillator
while it is running, Keep back 6-8 feet minimum from any small or medium
size coil which the HV is on. A distance of double the spark length of the
sec coil is usually sufficient. Triple the spark length for any visitors.
Have a SAFE Christmas,
Dr. Resonance
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Re: Location/injury]
>Original Poster: Glenn Revier <grevierg-at-netscape-dot-net>
>
>Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>Original Poster: MDip894456-at-aol-dot-com
>
>i was watching my best friends coil, which can throw out 3' sparks, when
the
>main cap started smoking. he went up to the cap, and must of touched it or
>something because he was thrown back onto the TOROID which electrocuted him
>so bad i swear he was glowing. anyway i called 911 and the ambulance took
him
>
>to hospital where after a few weeks he made a full recovery. but that still
>didnt stop me from messin' around with my 20 FOOT, oh, did i say foot? i
>meant INCH, coil.
>
>
>How about you freind, does he still coil? But yes, the smoke and gasses
>produced from an arcing cap can conduct electricity so just getting close,
>or into the smoke, my be all it took to get a fat discharge. Ever try a
>Tesla coil in a smoke filled room? You may have to tune it a little but it
>seems more violent or maybe it was the excitement of one of the caps
>exploding, not sure, that was ten years ago.
>Merry Christmas all and happy coiling,
>Glenn
>
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