Re: Can I touch?

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• From: "Fred Vermeer" <fredvermeer-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 10:25:16 -0700
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You should be scared to touch a high voltage TC output.  I am.

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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Can I touch?


> Original Poster: Bill Walker <bwalker-at-earth1-dot-net>
>
> I am getting the material together to build a small TC. (12KV 30ma NST,
PVC
> pipe, wire, etc.)
>
> I built a TC many years ago (read 25) using a pair of 6L6 tubes. It made
three
> inch sparks
> from a sharp point amd could light up a 3 foot flourescent tube half away
> across
> the basement. I considerd it to be very safe, in fact, I was not the least
bit
> scared to let the streamers crawl all over my fingers.
>
> The question is: Will a NST/spark gap based TC be as safe? Will I be able
> to let
> the sparks touch me? Some of the posts recently has scraed me about this.
>
>
>
>
>

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