Re: TC-safety

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Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Heh. somehow I think you'd be in more danger from o-zone build up from UV, 
or from the UV itself
Tho, currents though the carpit could be bad as a small arc could set fire 
to something, however, thats the only real known hazord with TC currents 
leaking around though objects, aside from mabey the odd "ouch!" type shock 
(Not the 'Omg, someone call 911' type of shock)
You might wanna consider moveing it outside as the fire dangers are rather 
real, tho you'll probley have to retune for outdoor use (the topload 
becomes slightly less)



>Hello everybody.
>
>After my first 7 month of coiling I always thought I did read a lot about 
>safety before I started and sofar everything worked out well without the 
>need of an amulance or even worse ;-)
>Last week my former physics teacher joined me to have a look at my 5KVA 
>maggie ( only 4 feet output currently, I am 10 feet away ). The room is 10 
>feet X 30feet. Two day later he called me quite late in the evening and 
>said that everything I was doing was way to dangerous for two reasons:
>
>1.: My MOT under oil could produce dioxine for any reason.....? why should 
>it? Is stays cold and there is now arcing under the oil... am I wrong?
>
>2.: I have to do my coiling indoors and the room has carpet on the floor. 
>during summer the humidity can get pretty high ( not really tropical ). He 
>said that streamers could travel through the carpet to the walls of the 
>room and by that current would flow through my body....
>
>I tried to prove each of those statements but was not able to prove 
>one.....Was I only lucky until now?
>
>I would really like to hear from your experiences ...... I am really 
>confused and afraid.
>
>Thanks
>
>Christoph