Re: TC Question and Discharge Safety - Lightning from Fingers

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

I would be a bit worried that the currents are at say 200kHz to and not 
DC.  Thus, the suit would have to be a good "RF" conductor too.  Probably 
not a problem and Jeff would have that figured out, but for the casual suit 
builder, that rusty chicken wire in the garage may not do it.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 03:42 PM 1/2/2004, you wrote:
>You'd have to ask Jeff about that one. Heat wise, I'm guessing since the
>spark brightness is from high peak current  (as opposed to rms) there is
>some heat but not enough to burn skin. Also a posibility there is some sort
>of heat protection under the metal mesh suit. All I know is that he told me
>about a performer that got hit with about a 25-30 foot arc in a raised arm
>and he was actually walking toward the coil and compressed the arc to 5 feet
>(making the arc even hotter in the process). Unfortuantely I missed the
>actual show but something of this magnitude you obviously don't want to try
>with chicken wire or storm door screening.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 2:45 PM
>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
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 6:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: TC Question and Discharge Safety - Lightning from Fingers
> >
> >
> >  > Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare"
><mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
> >  >
> >  > -snip-
> >  >  > This is similar to what Jeff Parisse is doing at KVA Effects in
> >  > California.
> >  >  > The link below is there great demonstration video showing huge tesla
> >  > coils,
> >  >  > and many individuals doing the lightning from the
> >  >  > finger trick including one of the female members of GWAR.  (Big
>video
> >  >  > though - 55MB)
> >  >  > http://www.teslacoil-dot-com/files/power=kva_effects.mpg
> >  >  >
> >  >  > If this guy IS NOT wearing a conductive suit, then yes, he IS slowly
> >  >  > toasting himself to an early grave.
> >  >  >
> >  >  > Also, do not get any ideas from either of these videos.  This
> > experiment
> >  > is
> >  >  > extremely dangerous and performed by trained professional stuntmen.
> >  >  > To attempt this at home would surely win  you a Darwin Award for the
> > year.
> >  >  >
> >  >  > Dan
> >  >
> >  > Speaking of which, I almost got the $6,000 saved up for one of those
> > suits.
> >  > Worth it to me since it can take 30kVA+ grounded power arcs without
>even a
> >  > tingling sensation, though I don't think I'd try that within 30 feet of
>60
> >  > hz powerlines. I'll send some pics of me testing it when I get my site
>up.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >
> >