Re: Conformity magazine update

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Original poster: "Jake Draper by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cybermecium2-at-home-dot-com>

So what would you estimate the current in a streamer on a mid-sized coil is?
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Subject: Conformity magazine update


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Bob scanned the recent letters from Conformity Magazine and I posted them
at:
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/conform1.jpg
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/conform2.jpg
>
> These involve Garry's comments about touching streamers and such in
> response to an article that suggested that this was not real dangerous.
>
> 99.999% of the time, touching streamers is not fatal.  However, that other
> 0.001% is a real "killer"!
>
> The "skin effect" idea about tesla coil currents going safely over the
> surface of the skin is a myth.  Those currents tend to go through nerves
> and blood vessels but the nerves simply do not report the damage.  Ill
> effects have been noted from that, but the big danger is the primary
arcing
> though and delivering lethal jolts.  Thus, "playing" with arcs is highly
> discouraged!!  Machines that generate hundreds of thousands of volts and
> thousands of amps are nothing to be going up and touching!!
>
> http://www.pupman-dot-com/safety.htm
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Safety/safety.htm
>
> For the newer folks, three people are known to have been killed by Tesla
> coils.  A master, a bystander, and a small child have been killed by Tesla
> coils.  It is always a number one priority to keep that list from
growing...
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/Deaths.txt
>
> The more I learn about Tesla coils, the further back I get...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>