RE: Shocking Event

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Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>

My comments guys...

I really will never consider myself a "professional coiler." unless someone
starts paying me for my efforts. I don't make a living from it. RadioShack
hands me a decent paycheck every two weeks which let's me buy the supplies
for my toys.

I think that in the last year or so, I have gained much experience and
knowledge thanks to the assistance, the patience, and the genuine love for
the hobby from people such as Jeff, and Matt in NYC (who said "do the math"
almost 2 years ago, Michael Tandy who has served as a great sounding board
for many ideas, and Terry of course, marc and so many others my list would
just go on and on.

But as for the Hangmans, in that venue I am dealing with very experienced
professionals. D'Ann Dagen has been the Producer for 13 years. She carries
MAJOR insurance for this effort. She is also the President of the National
Haunted Atrractions Soc. You can't imagine what disasters might occur in a
large haunted house. And so security, technical issues, crowd control and,
the full cooperation of the Sheriff's Dept of Ft Worth are major players
each October. My coil has just been one more thing to "manage" and so far,
so good to the enjoyment of many.

BTW, yesterday evening I completely removed the offending window screen and
replaced it with acryllic sheet. Voila! No more potential problems.

Thankfully, Jeff will always have the opportunity to show what a coil can do
when "managed" and if this helps to spread the word of just how "neat" they
are, more power <pun intended> to him and his staff!

<getting off soap-box>

Safety First

Ted

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 5:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Shocking Event


Original poster: "Jeff W. Parisse by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jparisse-at-teslacoil-dot-com>

> I thought Ted was seeking professional help by using this list which has
> many "professionals" on it.  Not to mention this isn't the first year he
has
> done this display, which moves him out of the amateur catagory IMHO.

Mark,

With all due respect to Ted, he works professionally for
Radio Shack in their publications department. He is a
competent coiler who has asked for advice on this forum
regarding the installation of his coil in a professional
non-profit, fund raising Haunted House. He's a great guy
and a frequent contributor to this list...

This isn't about Ted... It's about professional Tesla coil
installations.

There are several pros on this list and if one is
considering a public TC display of any type, I'm suggesting
that one contacts a pro for advice. Only a phone call
or face to face meeting should be considered "contact"
in this serious regard.

I would like everybody on this list to know that I am available
by phone to offer professional advice. That advice might
be "let kVA handle it and we'll pay a referral". It might not.

In the past, I have dealt with clients who have been given
extremely unrealistic price and performance expectations
by non-professionals. It's not good for my business or anyone
else's to have to undo myths.

Jeff Parisse
310-328-4024