Re: Getting brave.

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Original poster: "Glen McGowan" <glen.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxx>

I had planned to hang it from the ceiling.... My next question would 
have been can I hold it but that was quickly ruled out.

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In a message dated 10/11/06 1:51:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "Glen McGowan" <<mailto:glen.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxx> 
glen.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxx>

Letting the 900W coil arc to a florescent light bulb
(tube)?  Do's?  Don'ts?   I'd rather not be the shortest distance to ground.


Hi Glen,
Tube will light without being hit, just being close to the field is
enough to make it glow. You might get away with a strike for a few
times, but I would not hold one. Even if you attach the end you are
holding to a ground wire, you are still a moderate resistance in
parallel with that wire and will enjoy some share of the current.
Even standing on an insulated surface, it's a dielectric and your
feet look like capacitor plates w/respect to earth. Should you be
lucky enough to get a concurrent primary strike, you will definitely
have hot toasted buns. ;((
IMO, an operating coil is best enjoyed as a spectator sport, not an
interactive one.

Matt D.
Cautious perhaps, but still alive without nerve damage after 60+ years