Re: Fear factor tesla coil episode

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Antonio,

The participants were waring what looks like a divers shark suit, with
openings maybe .05 inch.  I would think for a TEM11 wave, the cutoff
frequency would be around 170 GHz.

Gerry R.


 > Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq-at-uol-dot-com.br>
 >
 > The thing is probably safe, although looking dangerous.
 > I wonder about the intensity of the electromagnetic fields, as Faraday
 > cages don't block high-frequency fields effetively. Even if the
 > operating
 > frequency of the Tesla coil may be not so high, those arcs surely
 > generate
 > fields at very high frequency, that may cook the participants a bit...
 >
 > Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
 >
 >