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Re: How far away is safe
Tesla List wrote:
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> Bert,
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> Although a large vacuum tube
> (true CW) Tesla coil will not leave isolated objects in the vicinity
> with a residual charge after it is turned off like the disruptive
> damped wave generator, it is still very good at swinging these
> isolated conductive objects, such as yourself on insulated shoes, in beat with
> the high voltage RF while energized. When you happen to reach too close to any
> grounded metal object you can draw a painful arc which does not
> shock, but burns skin and tissue rather destructively and painfully.
> Kids, don't try this at home!
>
> rwstephens
Robert,
I see that like me, you have noticed that it is impossible to obtain DC
electrostatic output from the tube type Tesla oscillator. I have always
been amused at the amazing results by just blasting a cap via a dead
short into a LC network. The differences between this disruptive system
and electronic oscillator systems is like night and day!
Richard Hull, TCBOR