Re: Terrified Parents

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Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <Wrenchead-at-starband-dot-net> 

Your mom probably doesn't know too much about what high voltage and tesla
coils are anyway.  You probably said somthing to her about it, or showed her
an arc, which set it off.  If its somthing that you know your parents wont
approve of don't show them,  what they don't know wont hurt them.  And don't
worry about the NST, if your carful you wont screw anything up,  I've been
through 3 NST's already and haven't been shocked once, except by a charged
doorknob cap.

Regards - Jim Mitchell
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Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Terrified Parents


 > Original poster: Gregory Hunter <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > If it is any comfort to your mother, I have no direct,
 > personal knowledge of anyone ever being killed or
 > seriously injured by a Tesla coil. Your 12/30 NST can
 > deliver a nasty, painful shock, but it is highly
 > unlikely that it will kill you or do you permanent
 > harm. The power tools we use to fabricate Tesla coils
 > are far more dangerous than the completed Tesla coils!
 >
 > Speaking of power tools, does your mom freak and
 > stress when you mow the lawn? I have no stats handy,
 > but I am confident that many teens are killed or
 > injured every year by lawn mowers.
 >
 > In fact, every job, hobby, sport, activity, or just
 > about anything worth doing carries a certain amount of
 > risk. Tesla coiling occupies a pretty low spot on the
 > risk scale, way below skateboarding, woodworking,
 > cycling, swimming, football, or even driving a car.
 >
 > Mothers are not always logical about such things. For
 > example, when I was 15, my mother had no qualms about
 > me keeping a deer rifle and a couple of shotguns in my
 > closet, but she would not allow me to keep a kingsnake
 > in my room. Gun accidents claim many lives and limbs
 > in the US every year, but I don't know of ANYONE who
 > has ever been harmed by a kingsnake! My mother had an
 > irrational fear of snakes, and no amount of logic or
 > reasoning could change her attitude. It sounds like
 > your mother has an irrational fear of electricity. I
 > don't know what you can do about it. Your mother has
 > the right to limit/restrict your activities as she
 > sees fit. Maybe you can find an adult to supervise
 > your coiling activities--someone your mother trusts.
 > Do you have an uncle or a kind neighbor who might be
 > willing to help you?
 >
 > Good Luck,
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "margaret louise"
 >  > <tullera-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>
 >  >
 >  > Hi all,
 >  >
 >  > I am 15, and am in the process of building my first
 >  > TC, from a 12/30 nst.
 >  > However as my largish 12/30 NST arrived in the mail
 >  > today, my mother has
 >  > gone on a major freak/stress/ you are going to kill
 >  > yourself ramapage. I
 >  > tried telling her i had read the sftey doc on the
 >  > pipman site and numerous
 >  > other but to relatively no avail.  is there anyone
 >  > out there who can say
 >  > anything to help put her mind at ease?
 >  >
 >  > thaks, Ruben
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
 > =====
 > Gregory R. Hunter
 >
 > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
 >
 > _
 >
 >
 >