Re: NON-static shocks from unpowered secondary?

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

> I've been post-operation bitten by my 10" coil a number of times. The
> charges appear to reside in the coil insulation and are highly
> localized. You can go back over the same spot several times and get a
> repeat dose. And they are sharp and quite painful. One day I must do
> this in dark after running the coil and see what visuals accompany
> the phenomenon.
> 
> Regards,
> Malcolm

	I've done exactly the latter and observe lots of little "sparkles"
accompanying the twitches.  Looks about like the interesting lightning
effects I observe when, during dry conditions, I pull a sheet off the
bed in reduced room light.  Even with my little 3" x 15" coil the effect
is very noticeable and at times almost painful.

Ed