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Re: Safe distance for photographing operating tesla coils with digital cameras?

Original poster: Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>

On 8/3/05, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I've been wondering, what's the red glow at the base of the coil? safety led's?
>
> Mike


The red ones are just power indicators (its good to know that the
electronics have power before i start sending a few hundred volts on
the bridge).  There is another LED for the current limiter, though i
dont think you can see it in any of the pics (set too high to limit
there).

Steve