Re: pain from coil strikes (fwd)

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Thanks!  I wasn't sure what the depth was.

Chip

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:42:51 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pain from coil strikes (fwd)


On Aug 6, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Tesla list wrote:

> Moderator's note:
>
> Drawing sparks to one's body is risky at best.  While some contend  
> that
> the skin effect prevents penetration of the electricity, this  
> effect is
> for homogeneous bodies, of which the human body is not.  Nerves, blood
> vessels, bones, and muscles all have different conductivites.
>
> The nervous system can't detect frequencies as high as those found in
> tesla coils so you can't feel what damage may be occurring.

Not to mention, didn't we establish that the 30% skin depth at most  
Tesla coil frequencies is measured in inches, if not tens of inches?   
My big coils resonated at about 125 kHz.

  - G.

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