RE: Safety

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

Hi

I understand Neilster's concern, but I think his concern is intensified by
his job situation. An accident at a substation could involve a 20,000,000
watt power arc. When I was a thick grade school kid, I threw a bailing wire
into a substation. The resulting arc was huge and roared like a jet engine.
I did not get caught, but I never did that again. In fact I think my
interest in high voltage goes back to that incident where my young mind
might have picked up a fixation on power arcs. In our situation, a short on
the high side of our domesticated house pig is tempered by the 15 KVA pig
hanging outside the house. 

Godfrey Loudner





> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tesla list [SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent:	Monday, October 08, 2001 12:54 PM
> To:	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:	Re: Safety
> 
> Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> 
> Neilster,
> 
> > 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
> > 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
> > some nomex cloths. Folks this stuff is fun but we only come around this
> way
> > once try to make it last.
> 
> I agree with you that safety is an important issue, but you have to
> realise
> that these guys arent working on a live xfmr :) Most, if not all coilers
> know exacly what they are doing too. There have only been three deaths
> related to tesla coils in the past hundred years, and as far as im
> concerned
> that is a very good safety record. The dangers associated with HV only
> arise
> if your are either thick or careless :) Thick as in not knowing that HV
> jumps or careless as in not discharging your cap bank... there are very
> few
> other dangers.
> 
> IMHO ;)
> 
> Jason
> 
>