Re: TC discharge... safe or not

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Early on, I got a little too close to the sparks running about 5kw or so. 
I'm not sure if I was actually hit or not, but definitely within inches. I 
was holding my arms up trying to see if I could feel a charge the nearer 
and nearer I got to the coil without actually getting hit (NEW COILER 
STUPIDITY). A day or two later, my arm was in a very deep pain. I would 
describe the pain as similar to bursitis or arthritis. It was quite 
annoying, painful (a deep ache), and lasted about a week or so. I have no 
doubt my arm was subjected to RF currents and did a bit of cooking (by 
either an unseen/unfelt attached spark or coupled in someway to pass 
currents through my arm).

As coils increase in power, the sparks grow. Often coilers run in their 
garage or similar environment. How often do we increase spark length just 
to the point of the sparks not reaching us? Probably too often. Granted, 
this event performed in my new coiler days was completely and utterly the 
dumbest thing I've ever done, but running long sparks at high powers very 
near to "you" is "just as dumb".  I was lucky, you may not be. Leave the 
longs sparks for safe outdoor running and keep a goodly distance between 
you and the sparks.

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Jeff W. Parisse by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jparisse-at-teslacoil-dot-com>
>
>TCML,
>
>Original poster: "Steven Ward"
> > What happened with the tube coil?
>
>I will offer my anecdote as long as the science types don't flame me for
>offering an anecdote (there are those on this list that went to e-school
>and learned that anecdotal evidence is no evidence at all - I disagree).
>
>I cooked my feet. I often demonstrated the "light bulb" trick to
>visiting friends (passed discharge through 15W light bulb to hand;
>lighting bulb). After many months I finally correlated the pain in my
>feet to the occurrence of the trick. I believe that the current was
>passing well within my body and "cooking" my feet on its way to ground
>(I would stand with rubber soled shoes on a thick rubber mat). On one
>occasion, I was unable to walk for two days; this was no "skin effect",
>the pain was deep tissue.
>
>I have other friends who watch this list who have also had deep muscle
>pain after testing the "skin effect".
>
>
>Parisse's law: Fsec > Fpain
>
>
>Jeff W. Parisse
>www.teslacoil-dot-com
>
>