Re: Safety

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>

I agree that safety is of utmost importance, but I believe there has only been
three deaths due to Tesla coiling in the past hundred years.  Pretty decent
safety record.  You work around energized circuits on a daily basis, so you
need such protection.   I don't know if the people in the picture you
referenced were 'playing' around with a live transformer, but as a rule, I
unplug my power supply before ever going near it and make sure the cap is
discharged as well. 
Mike 

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> I was looking at some photos of a couple of fellows playing around with a 
> 14.5KV transformer. I am an electrician who works in and on substations and 
> what you are doing makes my skin crawl. Its no big deal working with high 
> voltage but for gods sake use some safety equipment. IE stand on a dielectric
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> mat, where a hard hat with face shield, wear HV gloves that are tested and 
> rated for the voltages you are working with, and last but not least invest in
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> some nomex cloths. Folks this stuff is fun but we only come around this way 
> once try to make it last. 
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> Take care, Neilster 
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