Jared Dwarshuis wrote:
I am sure that if you wrote the: insurance company for permission they would say No!, The Police would say No!, The Fire Dept would say No! The Utility Company would say No!, the................... Grace Hopper once said (paraphrased?) " It is easier to get forgivnen then it is to get permission" _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
Jared, Not quite true.My insurance agent was in my lab a couple years ago when we switched companies and the only thing she suggested was that we increase our liability insurance, which we did. Our town fire marshal has been in the lab for a TC demo and gave a thumbs up in an on the air interview for a local TV station. A couple years ago I gave a magnifier demo to a local fire underwriting inspector when he came for a final inspection on some new wiring and he loved it. Just a few weeks ago I did a demo for a county sheriff's deputy and he loved it. I have also had representatives from the local power company and the local cable company in the lab for demos and there were no concerns. I haven't had a representative of the local fire department in the lab...........yet.
I've done interviews with Tesla coil demonstrations on 4 of the 6 local TV stations, one station 3 times in three years for hour long "live on location" morning news shows during which we put the reporter in the cage of death. During all of this I have had nothing but positive comments from people of all sorts. Not one single negative comment or threat to shut me down from anyone.
I believe the key to this is to look and talk like you know what you are doing, practice and teach safety and above all, be open about what you are doing. Nothing will get you negative attention like being secretive about activities that most people don't understand in the first place.
Just my two cents. Ed Wingate RATCB _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla