Re: Shocking Event

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

Ted (et al),

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

We have had problems with acrylic sheet picking up a charge or
acting as a capacitor dielectric. As a capacitor, one "plate" will be
the highly charged air or electrostatic environment, the dielectric is
the acrylic and the other "plate" will be a human hand. Ouch.

You're probably using power levels and distances that will pose
no problems at all. I just want to call you attention to this potential
issue.

> 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!

Tesla coils NEED a good rap. The reason we don't see too many in
public anymore is because of a perception that they are dangerous,
kill computers, stop pacemakers, etc., etc... Our efforts are slowly
educating show producers that Tesla coils DO have a place on
stage (once again).


Jeff