Re: [TCML] Chris Bohrs' RF burn

[bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Frosty,

Yep, I've had all the shocks your talking about, but Chris specifically 
called out an rf burn. All the shocks your talking about are not rf 
burns. Their simply shocks from the variac, cabinet, etc.. and I'm sure 
as power is increased, you notice those shocks get more violent. An rf 
burn however is a shock that is electrically occurring at some rf 
oscillation. This is a bit different. You may or may not feel it at 
first. Usually with variac shocks as you described, you feel those right 
away. Just enough to let you know it's there, and the higher the power, 
the more powerful the shock.

Take care,
Bart

Frosty wrote:
> I've had the same thing from my solid state coil, I get RF burns from
> touching just about anything conductive near the coil, including another
> secondary, the variac case, wheel (its an old one with a metal knob for some
> reason). Another secondary (or anything conductive) near a runnign coil
> would intercept enough of the field near the coil to have some voltage
> induced in it.
>
>
>
>   
> > I wouldn't call this a beginners mistake.
> > I've never heard of someone getting an rf burn from holding another
> > secondary, but then, it's not a common situation.
> > Was the secondary completely unconnected to anything else (sort of say a
> > small secondary coil)?
> >
> > Bart
> >
> >
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