Re: [TCML] danger

[Gary Lau <glau1024@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is a very comprehensive document about coiling-related hazards on the
Pupman.com site, at http://www.pupman.com/safety.htm

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Kennedy, Tim
<Tim.Kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Is there a primer on generally accepted TC safety that someone could send
> out (or a link to it)?
>
> I am new to coiling, and have not built a coil, but simply bought a
> finished solid state one ("Screamer"), and figured I'd learn by doing. I
> muck around with it quite a bit but do not really know specifically what to
> be careful of, what can safely be done with them, what to avoid doing, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> TimK
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Bob Svangren
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:42 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] danger
>
>
> I am so very surprised at the amount of coilers who are attempting the
> great adventure of building a Tesla coil and other contrivances without
> much knowledge of the dangers involved.
>  There is a great danger in charging even a small capacitor to a high
> potential and getting a hand across the terminals. It only takes one tenth
> of an amp across the human heart to kill. Other dangers are the high speed
> rotary switching systems which if not in perfect balance, can explode.
>  The high voltages of most Tesla coils are not as much of a concern as the
> extremely high peak amps of the primary and you will not get a second
> chance at life.  There is a danger with the Ozone gas from long runs of
> Tesla coils . Keeping fresh air in the lab is very important. The fellow
> that is working with X-rays should do a lot of reading on the subject in
> order to have any chance of good health after testing these devices.  Even
> the coatings applied to secondary coils can be of great danger. Testing a
> fresh coil can cause the gasses inside the tube to explode.
>  One coiler wrote of using soft black plastic to build a rotary switching
> system. I can't
>  stress enough the dangers of using soft plastics to build the rotary
> disc. At one time, Lexan, poly carbonate was thought to be bullet proof and
> thus was used by many coilers for the rotary disk.
>  I have done extensive research in this and found that Lexan or any other
> poly carbonate is the
> absolute wrong thing to use. It is not bullet proof and will also get soft
> and distort with heat.
>  I did the bullet test and all it did was dent where the bullet hit but
> the shock wave shattered the lexan like window glass. This was after I had
> a beautiful Lexan rotary gap explode in my lab and I came very close to
> being killed. Read a lot, get informed, use a lot of caution. Good luck.
>
>  NORTHWEST TESLA COIL BUILDERS
>
>               Bob
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