Re: HELP WIRING NST PLEASE WEIRD

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Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com> 

Sorry for the type error i wasnt going to ground myself i was going to use
the grounding stick to discharge all circuits. Im reading the safety
precauttions on hot streamer right now

Ravi
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Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: HELP WIRING NST PLEASE WEIRD


 > Original poster: Christoph Bohr <cb-at-luebke-lands.de>
 >
 > Hello Ravi.
 >
 >  >I will make sure to ground myself before touching
 >  > anything
 >
 > This sounds not like a good idea. You make yourself an attractive way for
the
 > current to choose. I don't know f you are referring to that kind of
 > antistatic groundiing you use when handlyn sensitive semiconductors. These
 > have usually a high resistance to ground to limit the current.
 > I think the "one Hand in the pocket" rule applies here more, though with
most
 > areas of a tesla coil this won't help you either...just don't touch ;-)
 >
 >  > and discharging everything with a grounded rod attatched to a
 >  > pipe.
 >
 > Thats much better, remember not only to ground the circuits before
approching
 > but make sure they stay gounded all the time you work on you coil. Caps
can
 > regain electrical energy from the energy stored in the molecular structure
of
 > the dielectric material ( roughly speaking ). A check list might be of
use, I
 > mave so procedures I allways follow, this reduces the chance of forgetting
 > something.
 >
 >  > Believe me i do n ot want to die, so could you guys gimme a few more
 >  > pointers on how not to get killed?
 >
 > There is a document on safety somewhere in the archives, this gives
apretty
 > good impression of what can happen and the precautions. I can strongly
 > recommend reading this.
 >
 >  >On the internet i saw pics. of 12 people
 >  > holding hands and the first guy touching  a streamer directly and the
light
 >  > in the last guys hand lighting up? Is this possible?
 >
 > Under very special circumstances it obviously is, but it is nevertheless
 > dangerous.
 >
 >  > Can i touh the
 >  > streamers?
 >
 > Although this could be a long discussion I'll give a short answer.
 >
 > NO!
 >
 > Thats for now, you may change your mind some day but at this point you
can't
 > go wrong with "NO"
 >
 >  > I heard the RF burns bad and blows holes in arteries and veins!
 >
 > Thats only one thing that could happen and depends on a lot of things like
the
 > power of the coil and how you come in contact.
 > Remeber the streamers could connect to the primary or any exposed wiring
and
 > add full line voltage to the streamer you touch. That's like touching the
 > house wiring directly....
 >
 > After all it's good to see that you spend time on thinking about safety.
 >
 > Successfull and safe coiling!
 >
 > Sincerely
 >
 > Christoph Bohr
 >
 >