Re: classic demo, and motor modification

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: classic demo, and motor modification
• From: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:47:30 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 5/12/99 3:50:26 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> 
>  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?

I cannot recommend this, but I have done this with my smaller coils.  I stood 
on a plastic milk crate for insulation.  I also had my primary circuit 
configured so that the primary cap was across the neon and the spark gap in 
series.  I know that this is supposed to be bad for neons, but mine is still 
good - I have only lost neons with the gap across the neon.  I don't know if 
that makes much difference, but I would think it would avoid having 60 Hz 
superimposed on the current through the gap.  I haven't tried it with my 
large coil.  I took a strike from it once(with a metal rod in hand) at the 
maximum distance from it and it was uncomfortable, so I think it is too 
dangerous to try.

Mike

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