Re: TC Question and Discharge Safety - Lightning from Fingers

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Ken raises a good point, but, also, when quoting powers in TCs, it's usually
the power input, and I suspect a fairly small fraction of that appears in
any one leader.  Mind you, if one percent of 30kW wound up in a leader, it's
still 300W, and I don't know that I'd want to grab a 300W soldering iron,
for instance.
However, a suit of metal would have a fairly high thermal mass, and
reasonable thermal conductivity, so maybe it wouldn't be all that bad.

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Subject: Re: TC Question and Discharge Safety - Lightning from Fingers


 > Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 >
 > At 30kw power levels you won't get burned where sparks hit your suit?
There
 > is no heat in this 30kw circuit?
 >
 > KEN
 >