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Re: classic demo, and motor modification
Grayson,
The stunt you speak of is very dangerous and
potentially fatal. Please don't try this one at home.
The mind (and central nervous system) is a terrible
thing to waste.
Cynics may wonder if I'm telling you this to keep the
stunt "in-house" as my firm is one of the only electrical
effect companies that provides this specialty. I don't
know what I could say that would persuade those people
that my foremost concern is your (and everyone on this
list's) safety. My second concern is the ripple that injuries
and fatalities will have on the HV special effects industry.
I'd hate to be put out of business by someone else's
carelessness. Your death my stain the reputations of
the professionals who perform this act safely.
I'm sure that along with my opinion may come others that
disagree. Surely people who performed the stunt and
who say "nothing happened to me". They got lucky. In
closing, I'll pass along a Tesla List Message from
Cabbott Sanders...
"I wish to apologize to all the members on the list for posting
the comment in this thread regarding touching your coil.
I realize now that you can only touch your tesla coil under the
right power levels, conditions, etc. I guess i got too confident
with coils when i touched Jeff Parisse's tube coil and lit up a
light bulb... i tried the same experiment at home on my impulse
coil last night to defend my statement on the list.... put it this way,
i'm not ever coming near my coil again when its on!! Somehow
a 40" spark leaped to this metal pole i was holding, and gave
me a nice trip to la-la land for a moment before i realized i was
okay but my conscience was a little disturbed. i am not sure
where the exit point was, as there is no hole in my shoe....
Cabbott Sanders"
Jeff W. Parisse, Director
kVA Effects
www.teslacoil-dot-com
> Original Poster: Grayson B Dietrich <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com>
>
> Just how dangerous is the stunt of connecting one's self to the
> secondary's output, and letting the arcs splay off rods held in the hands
> or thimbles on the fingers?
> Assuming a reliable system, adequate insulation (mainly distance, I would
> guess) from any ground, and no strikes to the primary, then the actual
> stunt shouldn't be dangerous, right?
> I, and several of my HV-loving friends, would love to try this. Sort of
> like becomming a demigod for a few seconds, eh?
> Seeing how most people don't seem to be doing anything of this sort,
> short of a few advanced coilers in California, then I'm well aware I may
> recieve hardy no-go advice from you listies, but it can't hurt to ask.