User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0
Em 17/02/2014 19:55, Kuba Anglin escreveu:
Hey,
I have seen and heard about many people who can touch the corona discharge
emission from their Tesla coil with one hand and hold a fluorescent light
bulb in their other hand causing the light to turn on. I understand why the
light turns on, but I do not understand why the person doing this is not
harmed at all. Could someone please explain why this is possible and
describe a method in which it can be accomplished?
The high-frequency current, from a Tesla coil is not sensed by the
nerves. Not harmed at all
is not exactly the case. Burns can occur, external and -internal- as the
current breaks the skin
and travels through the body. Skin effect, that makes high-frequency
currents travel close to
the surface of conductors is almost insignificant at Tesla coil
frequencies with the human
flesh as conductor. A common effect is pain at the joints, because there
the resistance is
higher and most damage occurs. Even staying close to a Tesla coil in
operation can cause this
(to me at least...).
Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
_______________________________________________
Tesla mailing list
Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla