RE: Terrified Parents

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Sounds like an urban legend to me. Aren't most
handheld Simpson meters "low" voltage (<13 kV)? Every
HV probe I've encountered was a voltage divider.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Stephen Mathieson"
 > <s.mathieson-at-charter-dot-net>
 >
 > Terror is your friend. I have been coiling for a
 > number of years thought and
 > dealing with high voltages much longer. Nothing
 > compares to seeing a Master
 > Electrician attempt to measure 13.2KV with a HV
 > probe, gauntlets and the
 > works, but his assistant was holding a Simpson meter
 > and leaning against a
 > light pole. The arcs came out through the screws in
 > the back of the meter
 > and the current blew a 12" diameter hole in the back
 > of the assistant
 > killing him instantly.
 >
 > As I said, terror is your friend. You can overcome
 > it but it will always
 > make you think twice about what you do and what you
 > touch. Terror can help
 > keep you safe!
 >
 > Stephen A. Mathieson
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:35 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Terrified Parents
 >
 > Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com
 >
 > In a message dated 11/28/03 7:02:46 AM Pacific
 > Standard Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >  >All figures available at
 >
 >
 ><http://www.cpsc.gov/library/data.html>http://www.cpsc.gov/library/data.htm
 > l
 >  >
 >  >So... statistically, Tesla coils have a better
 > safety record than consumer
 >  >electronics, trampolines, and candles.
 >  >
 >  ><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.>
 >  >
 >  >Absolutely!!
 >
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > Yes that's very true but you also have to realize
 > that there is
 > relatively very few people that play with Tesla
 > coils, probably
 > less than .01%  of the general population. .01% of
 > nearly 300
 > million US citizens is still like 30,000 and I
 > seriously doubt that
 > there are 30,000 active coilers in the USA. I'm sure
 > that there
 > is a MUCH higher % participation in the other "more
 > hazardous"
 > activities (mowing grass, burning candles, driving a
 > car, ect.) than
 > there is in coiling. Since so realtively few people
 > practice coiling, there
 > is consequently few incidents. I'm sure that most
 > coilers playing it
 > safe does go a long toward keeping the accidents
 > low, too, though.
 >
 > David Rieben
 >
 >


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