Re: Can You Get Zapped by your coil with out being harmed?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/6/03 5:04:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:



>Original poster: "Timothy R. Alkema by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ALKEMAT-at-student.gvsu.edu>
>
>I have a coil that i built a year ago and I have played wit it a lot.  I
>have never been "hit" by a spark but i was wondering if you can actually
>let the spark jump to your finger without killing yourself.  It runs off of
>a 4000 volt transformer with 1 shunt removed.  its about ten inches tall so
>its not huge.  Let me know so I dont do something stupid;)


Hi Timothy,
        You can get away with it every time EXCEPT the last one. :-((  . 
However, there is quite a bit of evidence that long-term, cumulative 
neurological and circulatory damage occurs whenever an HVRF discharge 
passes through the body, even when it isn't fatal, or even painful. The 
pain sensors don't respond to RF. I wouldn't touch it.

Matt D.
credentials: Still alive and coiling 40+ years after my first coil