Re: Ozone levels

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Original poster: "Devon Ferns" <dferns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Good to know.  I will be keeping it very small, not trying to wow people,
but just show them how it works.

Devon.

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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: Ozone levels


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> For the size of coil you are thinking of, there should be no problem. Just 
> a fan to blow air around if there is any real concern.  Running time makes 
> a big difference too.
>
> A few folks have ended up at the doctor's buy running much larger coils 
> for long times in closed rooms and not stopping when they should.  But you 
> should be able to "tune" you project just to give a nice "electrical 
> smell" without any harm at all.
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry
>
>
> At 07:18 PM 12/2/2004, you wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I am building a tesla coil for a university project.  It must be 
> > interactive for the public.
> > I have heard that it will produces some ozone because of the ionized air.
> >
> > I know ozone is very reactive and doesn't last long at these altitudes 
> > before recombining
> > as oxygen molecules.
> >
> > My question is, how much do tesla coils produce?  It will obviously be 
> > related to the size
> > of the sparks, so for this reason, I am going to build a pretty small 
> > coil, with sparks only a foot or two
> > in length.
> >
> > Are their any potential problems from the ozone?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Devon.