Re: "human" topload

["Steve" <Steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Body capacity depends on a number of factors, but all the quotes I have come
across seem to indicate somewhere in the range 100-250pF, with most
suggesting about 200pF.
Steve
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Subject: "human" topload


> Original poster: "acmnovak" <acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com>
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> greetings all,
> Is there a way to calculate the capacity of a human topload? I'd like to
try
> tuning a coil to my body's resonant frequency, just for kicks...
> Although, I do not reccommend anyone else try it.
> I've taken some pretty big arcs, and I feel I'm ready to move on to some
bigger
> and better demos.
> Safe coiling,
> -Michael
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