Re: A laser pointer killed my coil?

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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 1/21/03 4:33:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:



>Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
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>The main reason I thought something happened was because someone told me
>that the laser ionizes the air and makes a path for the high voltage to
>follow. I doubt this, it seems like a rumor. Just wanted to see if anyone
>else had heard of this.


A Megawatt laser, Maybe. A milliwatt laser Never.

Matt D.