Re: TC Question and Discharge Safety - Lightning from Fingers

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Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

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.

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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 -----
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 > 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.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >