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Re: [TCML] Tesla Coils and Stents

John,
thanks for sharing your practical experience with the stents. As pointed out (by Peter), the body is fairly conductive so some stainless steel imbedded should not be significant. The stents are lattices not coils so should not give off corona unless very close to a strong field.

Jim Zimmerschied
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Dyer<mailto:jd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  To: Tesla Coil Mailing List<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [TCML] Tesla Coils and Stents


  Hey there Jim and coilers...

  I had three stents placed in August of 2K5, and have not changed my 
  coiling habits at all.  I do med large coils, and have had no issues.  I 
  never did "Megavolt style" demos, in Faraday suit or cage, and still don't.

  Of interest though, I have added a Van de Graaff generator to my demos, 
  as of early 2K7.  I regularly pass shocks through me to thousands of 
  people (Jimmy Kimmel included) and have suffered no ill effects. (See 
  www.johndyer.com/makerfaire_2k7.htm<http://www.johndyer.com/makerfaire_2k7.htm> ) I just chatted with my 
  cardiologist about this.  He didn't feel that I raised my risks 
  significantly.  Although it did prompt a great philosophical discussion 
  of risk vs. reward on many issues!  I notice that a few days after one 
  of these marathon demos, like the Maker Faire, my point of contact, the 
  back of my hand, some little dark freckles appear and then go away.  I 
  have even developed some tiny water blisters at the most frequent point 
  of discharge.  This is with a VERY large (22" ball) generator.  It does 
  give one a healthy wallop!

  Happy Thanksgiving to ye all!  Chip, you have created and maintained one 
  of the best and most interesting group of people and knowledge I have 
  seen on or off the web.  You and the rest of this group are a big part 
  of what I am thankful for.

  Cheers -- I'm John Dyer
  www.johndyer.com<http://www.johndyer.com/>

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