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Re: question on safety
Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Michael,
Two of the three known Tesla coil deaths were caused by accidental
contact with the primary circuit.
http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Misc/Deaths.txt
Most people would live through it, but it is the way to get killed.
Cheers,
Terry
At 03:25 AM 4/13/2006, you wrote:
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