Re: Weird ebay tesla coil...

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

Back in college, my friends and I (one evening after coming home from the
bar) were playing with a similar device and allowing it to arc continously
to
our hands.  Although at the time, it really wasn't too painful, the next day
there were very noticeable internal burns in the top of our hands where we
were
arcing to.  In hindsight, this was a very stupid thing to do.   However,
evening earlier, our chemistry teacher in high school used to tie this thing
via a wire to the
doorknob of the classroom and shock students entering the room.  Again, a
pretty stupid thing to do, especially in a school situation.

Dan


 > Your friends will probably survive at least long enough to beat the
 > living tar out of you.  Probably not lethal for them, but it would be
 > extremely painful and highly ill-advised.
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 >  >Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >Wow, thats interesting. I may snag it just for tinkering. Will it shock
 > the
 >  >s*** out of friends with some degree of safety?
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