Re: Safety Considerations

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Original poster: "Chris Fanjoy" <zappyman@xxxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks for the advice, I'm glad you warned me about the potential for 
danger before I found out the hard way. I had intended to enclose the 
primary coil in a plexiglass cover anyway, as an additional 
precaution against the primary voltages. With the advice I've been 
given, I'll now keep my hands away from the sparks as well. But are 
you sure it wouldn't hurt to touch it even for a second or two? 
Especially with the staccato controller set to produce a very narrow, 
low-frequency pulse?

Which brings the question; on just how big a VTTC would it be 
considered "safe" to touch the sparks??

I hope to get this going within the next few days (if none of the 
components are bad), once this is eventually completed and is 
visually presentable I will make some pictures available.

Thanks for your advice.




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Safety Considerations
>Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:01:09 -0600
>
>Original poster: FutureT@xxxxxxx
>
>Happily VTTC's do not tend to destroy other electronic equipment.
>This is because the peak powers are much lower than spark gap
>Tesla coils.
>
>I'm glad to hear you're going to be using the staccato mode of
>operation.
>
>Regarding touching the sparks.  I'd suggest not touching them
>on a higher powered coil such as you are building.  The skin
>effect in humans is a myth.  The current goes though you it's
>simply that the frequency is too fast for the nerves to sense.
>So you can be cooking internally and not know it.
>
>Cheers,
>John
>
>