Re: Diffrent things you can do with a Tesla Coil?

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Original poster: "Tim J by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <digital_raven45-at-hotmail-dot-com>




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Diffrent things you can do with a Tesla Coil?
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:38:20 -0600
>
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>I was "surfing" the net and I found some pictures of this guy hooked up to 
>a TC
>somehow. I had seen this before i had joined the list and alwas wondered 
>how
>they did it (don't worry, i am not going to try it). Does anyone know how 
>they
>do this and how it works.
>Thanks
>Adam
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Yep, I can say that I have done the old "lightning from finger tips" trick 
before! Its DEADLY if done improperly!! Streamers from the Tesla Coil are 
like "wires" and can draw current from any electrical socket or wire that is 
energized. This is why it is so DANGEROUS!

ie. If a streamer left my hand and hit a 120 VAC 15A socket, I would draw 
all that power to my body....then if another streamer contacted ground, I 
would pass all that energy + the output of my tesla coil through my body at 
a lower frequency. THIS WOULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY OR POSSIABLY DEATH. I can 
only imagine what could go wrong if a streamer hit a energized 14.4 kV mains 
line which runs 5000 AMPS!!!

YOU WOULD VAPORIZE***



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