Re: Dangers of SSTCs ! ! ! Measured

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

It's that 100% duty cycle that's getting you...

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Subject: Dangers of SSTCs ! ! ! Measured


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > This weekend, I borrowed a Narda E-field meter from work to run with my
 > coils.
 > I took measurements over 100kHz to 1MHz average at a distance of 5 feet
 > surrounding the coil.  Although, field strength was well under 100 (V/m)
for
 > my conventional coils,
 > the field strength of my SSTC (tuned) was over 1000 (V/m) ! ! ! !  Well
over
 > the IRPA exposure limit of 194 (V/m).  When the SSTC was a bit off tune so
 > that just a very small
 > corona discharge was visible, the field strength jumped up to well over
3000
 > (V/m).  And thats at a distance of 5ft from the resonator.
 >
 > Maybe SSTCs are a bit more dangerous than we thought . . . !
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >