Re: Weird ebay tesla coil...

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Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <neko4-at-dodo-dot-com.au> 

Indeed. I have an inverter from a cold cathode tube, it can run off a 9 
volt battery, and produces a very high frequency current. if I hold one 
wire and draw an arc on my finger with the other wire it'll burn the skin, 
but you can't feel it.

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On 25/01/2004 at 11:54 AM Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>
 >
 >I have a similar device, and it is at too high a frequency to feel the
 >shocks. Still a bad idea to play with it like that though...
 >
 > >
 > > 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.
 > >
 > >  >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?
 > >
 > >
 > >