question on safety

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Original poster: "Michael Ong" <omenowner725@xxxxxxxxxxx>

hello, today i was presenting my tesla coil for my school project, 
and i got asked if it was fatal to touch the spark gap or charged 
caps. I honestly didn't know the answer to this question and was 
wondering if  anyone could answer it for me. my coil runs at 8kv 30ma 
with a cap size of .01uf and i have always just assumed it was unsafe 
to touch and in any case will give you a burn, who cares if it will 
kill you. the chart on my class room says that 30ma is close to 
"possibly" fatal, but it seems like there are a lot of factors like 
the voltage, the path it takes through your body, your body 
resistance at the time, and the climate conditions that plan key 
roles. anyways i was wondering if there was an easy answer to this 
question of how many amps/volts will kill you or if there are just 
too many factors that are undetermined to correctly give an answer. 
thanks again for the help
-Michael