Re: I'm trying this at home.

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Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ludev-at-videotron.ca>

Hi Chris

May be I'll share the flame with you ;-). It was made before I
personally see a guy do it in 1967 at the Montreal world expo by
a guy of the scientology church. Here is my opinion I think you
could pass a reasonable amount of RF true your body BUT the
problem is you need a sufficient surface ( some square inch ) for
the current to enter and exit your body. Example if you use both
of your foot ( try salt water soak stoking may be ) and for exit
both of your hand on a metal stick ( to increase the contact
surface you could use conductive jelly like the one use with
defibrillator or electric physiotherapy machine ).


But you know the unpredictable nature of streamer if the current
choose an other part of your body to exit it'll hurt like hell (
remember the electric scalpel :-(  ). If a 60 Hz HV current find
a way to surimpose to RF and it could happen ( Ex: primary to
secondary arc ) it's bye-bye! Chris, YOU'RE DEAD ! So much thing
could go wrong. 

Many of the performer doing that trick use a conductive one-piece outfit.

I start playing with HV at young age around 6 ( build a small
VTTC with my father ) In the first couple of years I got a lot of
electric shock some bad, now I'm near 50 and I can't remember the
last time I got a shock. In my mind I consider that if I take a
shock it's because I use a bad experimental practice.

I hope I could help to discourage you to try it. From your post I
can see that you are a young men with a lots of projects doing a
lot of thinks. I know in life we need some time to take risk but
calculated risk.

With this post I probably will be consider like an old frightened
men but I take the risk.

Cheers,

Luc Benard

    
Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Well actually , at the lab.
> 
> This is a serious question, I don't want flames on this (though I know I'm
> gonna get them).
> 
> I'm doing "The Demo". Insulated steel platform, powered off the discharge
> from a 6" coil powered by 12/180. The platform will be a 3' circle on 72" of
> insulators (Station post insulators). Coil output limited to 2' arcs max,
> and NOTHING within at least 20' of the platform except a bare concrete
> floor.
> 
> I'm serious about wanting to do this for several reasons.
> 
> 1. I want to research the actual effects of passing the discharge.
> 
> 2. I want to know how it feels.
> 
> 3. I want to do it to show that, if handled properly, electricity can be
> incredibly safe.
> 
> I fully understand the dangers involved, and I know that if I do this wrong
> I can die doing it. I understand that a Master has died in the past (One of
> the 3 coiling deaths ever) doing this exact same demonstration. I understand
> that there could be long-term effects that can include unknown interior
> burns than can take forever to heal, etc etc. Even with a full appreciation
> of the dangers involved I am still stupid enough to take the risk.
> 
> There are many people who have done this (Brent comes to mind, and I would
> love to talk to him), I would like people THAT HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THIS to
> give me some serious, practical advice so that this can be done as safely as
> possible.
> 
> I will have a well trained crew on hand, including EMTs and an Ambulance
> parked outside (we're doing the demo for the local Public Safety Dept as a
> bit on Electrical Hazards and such.)
> 
> This is something that has been specifically avoided when people have asked
> in the past and dismissed as "Don't do it, it's stupid, you'll die and ruin
> it for the rest of us, etc etc etc...." noone has ever answered a post like
> this in the past with real advice.
> 
> I belive this is sonething that SHOULD be explored, but only under VERY
> specific situations. This isn't something for the average 14 year old to
> try, but for someone with the required people, training, and facilities this
> should be fine, if done properly.
> 
> I can't afford the learning curve on this one guys, I need the knowledge of
> thos that have come before. This is a zero-tolerance thing. Please help.
> 
> Thank guys.
> Chris "Freeclimber, S.C.C.A. Racer, Street Luger, Lightning Thrower" Boden
> 
> duck
> 
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