Re: I just got to say one thing...

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Neil Richardson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <neil-at-opticalrealities-dot-com>
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>HV Tickles. I have been tuning my coil, and just as my finger is 2" away
>from it, white sparks fire to my finger. It REALLY tickles! I don't feel a
>thing when my finger is at 1" from it, as a purple arc develops then, and as
>you all know - its high frequency. I reckon its weird how the white sparks
>from the tesla coil only tickle, yet the white spark from the primary, lower
>voltage side make you scream, jump, or convulse. I find that quite weird in
>a way.
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Whooaaa   bad move...   dont touch the sparks ...  T Coiling is a 
spectator sport ....

the reason you dont "feel" the secondary sparks is because it is at a hi 
frequency...  our nerves arent designed to respond to such hi 
frequencies ( as far as touch)  even tho you dont feel the damage going 
on  ( like you would with 120V wall circuit stuff and such)   Damage is 
occuring....  

and as far as the sparks from the primary ... those are running at the 
lower frequencies ( 60Hz) and our nerves are quite well adapted for 
feeling and reacting to that range...  

the voltages in the primary are DEADLY   they CAN kill ...    if one 
experiments with the primary arcs and lived ,  they are 1 very lucky 
person,  but with the odds against it, the luck wont last long at all....

if one feels compelled to interact with the streamers off of the 
secondary, do some research and build a well grounded tip and well 
insulated handled probe ( a long handled one at that) ...

remember ......    dont touch ...


Scot D