Re: Bush on Tesla Coil

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Bert,

Shooting 4 foot streamers off the fingers dressed in a shirt and tie is 
asking for some trouble :o))  It takes little for the arc to decide it 
wants to go to an earlobe, elbow, butt...  Could set one's clothes on fire 
since they do not wet down in this case...  All kinds of things could go 
wrong...

It looks like Dean is down to about 150kV these days...  "Video" is always 
hard to tell...  I wonder if something happened...  Dean always has a 
pretty terrified look on his face.  I wonder if that is more "real" than we 
suspect :o))

Robert Krampf seems far mare aware of field control and does not have as 
much of a hair problem to deal with ;o))

http://www.krampf-dot-com/watt.html

He is shooting the "big arcs" in a shirt and tie, but he is crotched down 
and not making any "extra" breakout points.  Robert has also been doing 
this stuff for like 25 years...  IMHO his technique is far better.  He is 
much more aware of a streamer taking off in a bad place and is controlling 
breakout points well.

I notice Cynder Moon our other "lightning off the fingers" performer seems 
to have disappeared of the net.  See did not wear a shirt and tie =8O

Cheers,

         Terry


At 04:48 PM 7/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Tesla list wrote:
>>Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>
>>Hi Bert,
><SNIP>
>>The older coil and some of Dean's "close calls" are here too:
>>http://wondersofscience-dot-org/sfs/BIO2.HTM
>>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/Ortner03.jpg
>>I do note that dean seems to have turned down the power level recently.
>>BTW - Don't try this at home ;-)  Dean has been doing this for 25 years 
>>and he knows how not to get killed...  Especially risky since he is only 
>>wearing a shirt and tie instead of a Faraday suit.
>>Cheers,
>>         Terry
>
>Terry and DC,
>
>Thanks! I viewed the web site video and it definitely looks like Dean 
>Ortner is running the system at a lower power level than before. When I 
>first saw this demonstration I was a 12 year-old in Milwaukee WI. At that 
>time, George Speake was throwing at least 3-4 foot long streamers from his 
>thimble-covered fingertips. And, the coil output was billed as a "million 
>volts" based upon the streamer length. Dr. Speake would remove his shoes 
>and all metal from his pockets, and stand atop the barrel-sized coil in 
>his bare feet. A board held in his hand (with a pencil line drawn along 
>the surface as a "starter") would burst into flame, and the heat of the 
>flames would then cause the streamers above to become even longer. It was 
>such an awesome display that I still remember it vividly 43 years later.
>
>As a teaser, he'd sometimes put a (hidden) firecracker on top of the coil 
>and ask a volunteer from the audience turn the system on for him - the 
>unexpected explosion at the top of the coil would then be blamed on the 
>hapless volunteer...  :^)
>
>It was quite a show and Dr. Speake was quite a showman.
>
>Best regards,
>
>-- Bert --
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