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Re: Solid State Tesla Coil - Mysterious Electrical Shocks



Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

No mystery involved.  You, not the box, are the culprit.  You are acting as
an antenna that picks up enough RF voltage that you feel shocks.  If you
hold your fingers on the box for a while, you probably will get small RF
burns.
--Steve Young


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Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: Solid State Tesla Coil - Mysterious Electrical Shocks


> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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>
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> I was operating my larger Solid State Tesla Coil last night and as I had
one
> hand on my control box turning the unit on and off, I experienced a rather
> nasty tingling shock on my fingers.  I made checks on the control box and
> everything is grounded and terminated correctly.
>
> Could this be a result of the large EM fields affecting the mettalic
nature
> of the control box???
>
> Thanks
> Dan
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>