RE: Touching/Sitting on your coil

["Richard Barton" <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi
	I have this happen with a chromed steel electrode ball, stuck on the
end of a 1/2" ABS pipe, with a flying lead from the ball fitting to ground.
A
thin black line has appeared in the ABS, around 3" long, but growing every
time I use it for pulling out streamers from my coil. Tiny white sparks
flicker
along this line, and you can see it getting longer as time goes on. The
rubber
handle on the end is now only around 8" from this tracking.
						Richard Barton.


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Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:08 AM
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Subject: Re: Touching/Sitting on your coil


Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Keep in mind that the discharge will travel MUCH further along an insulator
than through free air. We have used a "Jesus Stick" since our first demo
made from 1/2" UHMW round stock and over 8' long with a telescopic antenna
mounted to the end to attract streamers. When they connect they will climb
up the stick to the person holding it. We've never been bit, but it will
easily get to within 2' of the person holding it. Leave it there for a few
seconds and it will start to carbon track and turn the insulator into a
conductor, making it MUCH more dangerous.

Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
President / Founder
The Geek Group
www.geekgroup-dot-org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!

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