Re: Skin effect question

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Matt,

Thanks - thats what I though would happen.. aah well so much for doing
corona popcorn in my hand :)

Thanks,
Jason

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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Skin effect question


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> In a message dated 6/26/01 11:45:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
>
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > Bit of a dumb question... but here I go...
> >
> > TCs operate at high frequencies... so the electrical impulses are not
able
> > to be felt by nervous system. The current output of corona is not high
> > enough to cause your heart to do... wierd stuff. Theoretically could you
> > take arcs from a TC to a metal object in your hand, as long as you
weren't
> > grounded... yes? I say this because obviously a power arc (complete
topload
> > capacitor discharge) will kill you... but will the pansy liitle air
> > streamers do the same thing? My theory would lead me to believe not..
but I
> > dont really wanna try it out :)
> >
> > Jason
>
>
> Jason,
> "skin effect" applies to all the conductors in you body, not just your
skin.
> True, you will not feel the rf as it travels over the surface of your
nerves
> and blood vessels. It WILL very likely do damage to those nerves and blood
> vessels, you just won't FEEL it. While some effects can be immediate, it
may
> take years for all the damage to show up as numbness, loss of motor
control,
> memory failure, aneurysm, etc., and you can always blame it on something
> else. Tesla wrote in 1896 that X-rays which did not immediately redden the
> skin had no long term effects. Mme. Curie believed that minuscule amounts
of
> radium, such as were used on watch faces, were essentially harmless. And
so
> it goes.
>
> Matt D.
>
> "Evolution stops when stupidity is no longer fatal."  C. Boden
>
>