Re: BIG DUMMY Accident (the lethal dangers of coiling)

[FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 10/5/00 11:14:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

All,

Newbies, if they're not already aware of it should consider that this
is a potentially very lethal hobby.  A rigid discipline should be used
for making sure that caps are discharged before touching them,
that the power is removed before touching circuits, that a safe
distance is maintained from streamers and powered equipment, etc.

Thinking about safety issues is not much of a fun subject, but it's
important for staying alive.  It's a good idea to re-assess one's
coiling arrangement from time to time to gauge its safety.  Rotary
gaps can be lethal too if electrodes come flying loose, etc.  Even
the power saws and other tools are very dangerous.  Newbies
should build small OBIT or NST coils to gain experience before
tackling larger projects.  Of course OBITS and NSTs are lethal too.

>From reading the posts, it seems that quite a few folks have
received potentially lethal shocks and are lucky to be alive.  This
alone proves that some folks are not being careful enough.  This
is indeed a real problem.

John Freau
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> Original poster: "Steve Rosenthal" <sdrosen-at-cwia-dot-com> 
>  
>  What ever happened to the person who had the 10kva pig and was asking
>  questions which seemed to indicate that they didn't know anything about
>  basic electricity? Seems like the last I remember they were trying to 
figure
>  a way to hook up to the cloths dryer outlet, then they were asking 
questions
>  about ballasting with a dryer element submerged in a tank of water? I truly
>  hope your reading this, PLEASE BE CAREFUL
>  
>  Look folks....the safety messages are something that we need to retinterate
>  over and over and over, but the sad fact is as numbers of coiler increase,
>  so do the odds of someone getting badly hurt or killed increase. Do the
>  math. Look at the actuarial tables. The reason the high powered rocketry
>  hobby got regulated is very probably because someone or several someones
>  were injured or killed. Brutal truth I know, but there it is....
>  
>  "Nothing is foolproof....cuz fools are so darned ingeniuous!!!"
>  
>  Everyone.....PLEASE PLEASE BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!!!!!
>