Re: Forget the Faraday Cage - Ventilate First ! ! ! !

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


Actually, if that is the case, then why are you even thinking about running
a tesla coil in your own house.  Even with the most prudent of protective
measures,
that seems like a very irresponsible thing to do.  In my opinion, you need
to really think about what your priorities are.  No matter what you do to
protect
the rest of the house from EM emissions, there is still a risk it could
affect your fathers pacemaker.  I would recommend operating your tesla coil
elsewhere.
Your father's health in my opinion is a much higher priority than running
your coil in your house.

Dan



 > Hi Dan,
 >
 > I think you didn't see the word PACEMAKER.  I read the owners manual for
my
 > fathers, and since then I have not run coils while my father is in the
 > house.  A pacemaker can be messed up by a airport magnetometer, of which
my
 > father has to carry a card, so he does not have to go thru it.  If that
 > could potentially kill my father, what do you think a Tesla coil could do
to
 > him.  I think ventilation is a little lower priority.
 >
 > David E Weiss
 >
 >
 >  > Forget the Faraday cage.  That is the LEAST of your problems.
 >  > Your biggest problem is going to be how to properly ventilate the area.
 >  > This in my
 >  > opinion is your biggest issue.  I can run my 15kV/60mA coil for about a
 >  > minute and the entire
 >  > house is filled hazardous fumes.  Very hazardous levels of ozone and
other
 >  > Nitrogen based compounds
 >  > are created even during very short runs.  It ran my coil twice in my
 >  > basement (for less than a few minutes)
 >  > before finally realizing the gases created were much too strong to deal
 >  > with.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Dan
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