Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
I am not sure anyone actually "commercially manufactures" a "shark 
suit"???...  Probably because they are too afraid of a "law suit" 
;-)) Them big white sharks look like they would chew it right up :o)))
http://www.tellmewhereonearth.com/Web%20Pages/Sharks/Sharks%20Photos/GW_at_Jaws_Reef_2.JPG
I guess they are made by private folks that like that sort of metal 
bending stuff.  But there is a problem...
Chainmail is made from a ton of little metal rings.  They are not 
hard connected together.  So if a tiny spark jumps between each ring 
and your skin is next to it, you "will" feel it!!!  I note Criss 
said he could feel it tingling him...  The trick is to also 
weave/weld bare stranded wire into the suit too so there is a solid 
electrical grid in place.  No "normal" "shark suit" will work 
well...  Maybe he should have gotten a $100,000 suit ;-)))
KVA Effects is said to have this figured all out, but I don't know 
any of their secret details beyond guessing...  But they do seem to 
have it figured out ;-)
http://teslacoil.com/html/content/extreme_stunts.htm
Of course, I guess one could argue that suits are for sissies :o)))
Boris said:
>  Maybe KVA can
> kill him??
-----
But that would make harm to the reputation of a TC
device in general...
-----
:o))  It is like the XP convention coil trying to kill Bill Gates 
:o))) Would they hate us, or "thank" us :o)))))
I realized that.
Have you met her in person  and is that her coil she
uses for the performance ?
----
I have never meet Danielle Stampe.  But she is a long time stage 
performer whose safety certification background goes far beyond the 
normal!!  She says she is a "trained professional" and she "really" 
is!!  She shows up in a lot of strange places and she does know what 
she is doing...  I think Brent Turner made her coil(s).
>  And she also
> knew that it hurts (a little ;-)), but just "get
> over it"...
----
Tell that Rob Krampf.  A TC power arc hurts a whole
lot under the right/wrong circumstances.Once ,he was
almost kicked off of his TC platform,and lived to tell
about it.His coil is less than 1000 VA powered.
Danielle's coil seems more powerful.
http://hot-streamer.com/temp/Bob_Krampf.jpg
He says it is really loud!!  His school demonstrations are a bit 
lower powered.  But I think he is going on "30 years" now!!!  No suit there =:O
Rob says it has not hurt his brain after 30 years...  Dean Ortner is 
still alive too:
http://www.wondersofscience.org/sfs/BIO2.HTM
But I note Dean has turned down the power these days....
Of course, the "human fireball game" impresses us all!!  But just 
like Evil Kenevil breaking is back for the Xth time, these people 
are playing with death every day...  Just because anyone can go but 
a motorcycle that can jump at 200MPH over cars, does not mean that 
we all do it!!  Sometimes people do!!  And sometimes they die...
As suits go.  HV places like GE use them all the time for power line 
work and worker safety during testing...  But it is "proprietary"...
Cheers,
        Terry
At 10:56 AM 9/30/2005, you wrote:
That's an idea.  I don't know for sure.
Dr. Resonance
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: Criss Angel, MindFreak on A&E TV: Video Posted Online
Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hi All,
Did anyone catch the $6K "shark suit" cost of $30K.  As part of 
being a stagehand you have to deal with annoying people.  I hope 
he and his writers get nailed by that lightning bolt.
Dr. R, I have a question.
Would wearing a wetsuit under the sharksuit better isolate the 
person in the suit, reducing the amount of current flowing thru 
the persons body? The only downside I could think of is, the 
possibile DC charging of the person in the suit, leading to some 
strong static shocks to the person.
David E Weiss
Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
It was bad.  They didn't tell anyone about a "script" --- only 
that he wanted to walk under a large coil.  I was in Tucson VA 
Hosp. in a coma when they shot it.
Had I known about the faked damage I would not have rented it to them.
Dr. Resonance