Re: TC discharges, safety, small coils

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

 > >Of course. I still no reason to fear a wimpy coil like it's it's a downed
 > >powerline in the alley. People here like to share only the large, scary
 > >stories about accidents gone wrong to the max.
 > >
 > >You can burn your finger tips on some large plasma balls if you don't
press
 > >on them hard enough. It hardly makes them devices to hide from in fear.
 > >
 > >KEN

Thats a pretty cavalier attitude.  The primary circuit on a minicoil using a
4kV, 20mA transformer is MORE than enough
power to kill a child or even an adult especially if both hands are in the
circuit at one time.  And if you are a female, you are
have an even greater chance of dying through electrocution than a male.
This is based on the muscle composition between
males and females and upon their limits of "let-go" characteristics.

Although relatively harmless, a shock from the output of my 4kV, 20mA coil
is more than enough to wake you up.  You get hit with that
and you'll definitely think twice next time before you get close to it
again!

Dan






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 >
 >      Some people have survived 20 kV shocks, some have died from 90 V
ones.
 > What the numbers can say about the effects of HV is that out of a large
 > population exposed to a certain V, I, and f for a certain length of time
t,
 > such and such a percentage are likely suffer injury, and so many are
likely
 > to die. Different combinations of V, I, f, and t have different
 > probabilities. "The Numbers" are gleaned from anecdotes of survivors, and
 > autopsies of the rest. Not exactly quantitative measurements. Most of the
 > controlled, quantitative experiments on death by electrocution thankfully
 > ended with the collapse of Nazism in 1945, and most of the results were
 > never published. Only the CIA-backed "School of the Americas" still does
 > studies in electro-torture and their results are also quite confidential.
 >         Those who engage in cavalier behavior are more likely to kill or
 > injure themselves. Unfortunately, those who engage in "cavalier mouthing"
 > are likely to cause the injury or death of someone else. Did you know that
 > in many states, a person giving out self-proclaimed "expert opinions" can
 > be held both civilly and criminally liable for injuries or death resulting
 > from careless advice, especially when such advice is given to minors?
 >
 > Matt D.
 > "I always listen to the oldest living safety experts. Time itself has
 > validated their opinion." D. H. Martin
 >
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