Re: Pacmakers and Tesla coils = bad??

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• Subject: Re: Pacmakers and Tesla coils = bad??
• From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
• Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:02:07 -0700
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Hi Mark,

I just want to thank you for adding this sort of expert addition to all
this.  I got onto this pacemaker thing by accident, but the stuff I saw
really worried me!!

Having a pacemaker zap someone would be sort of unpleasant.  However,
having it do ANYTHING it is not supposed to be doing is a real concern.
Tesla coils would be almost a worst case situation to find these ultra high
tech gizmos dealing with.

When they were just simply bipolar devices they were probably pretty immune
to a lot of things.  However, the are now really sophisticated and they
could do a lot of harm if they were to get "confused".  I think we need to
be extra careful of these things now!

Cheers,

	Terry


At 09:56 AM 02/13/2000 +1030, you wrote:
>
>This is a little long, but please indulge me !
>The note at the end could be placed in the Safety FAQ ??
>
>At 05:48  11/02/2000 -0700, Terry Fritz wrote:
>
>>It appears today's modern computerized RAM, ROM, programmable,
>>microprocessor, built in defibrillator, etc. pacemakers may be "confused"
>>by things like arc welders, diathermy, x-ray, MRI, Shoplift detectors,
>>airport security, etc.  equipment that puts out powerful RF or magnetic 
>>fields.
>
>snip... 

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