Re: Education was RE: Inexperience was RE: Mad experiment or Re: PDT

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: Education was RE: Inexperience was RE: Mad experiment or Re: PDT


> Original poster: "Ken Stevens by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<bluewaterdiver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>
> <---SNIP--->
> >Crow Leader <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
> >
> >All these "horror" stories are wonderful and such, but don't actually
> >educate anybody as to say prevent accidents with a tesla coil
>
> <---SNIP--->
>
> Educations come in many different forms.
>
> If hearing about peoples mishaps gives even one person the thought that
> they might need to be a little more cautious around these coils then
> it's all been good.
>
> If you want a directly relatable incident, then here's a blip that I
> read in a local newspaper. In California we had an incident at a sewage
> treatment plant. A group of electricians was hooking up to a 12000volt
> panel. One tech reached into what should have been "locked out" panel
> and received burns over 90% of his body, instantly!

No, the lesson here is don't trust other people when it comes your own
safety.

KEN

>
> 12000volts Big Amperage... Should have been off.... Electrician should
> have checked.... Simple mistake. Sounds like it could have been a Tesla
> Coil PDT supply, HUH.
>
> I know how difficult it can be to make people realize the danger lurking
> in the wire. I may have been a little broad with the diving example, but
> it was all in hopes of doing good.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>