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Re: Safety Considerations
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- Subject: Re: Safety Considerations
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- Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:28:34 -0600
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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
"Regarding touching the sparks. I'd suggest not touching them
on a higher powered coil such as you are building. The skin
effect in humans is a myth. The current goes though you it's
simply that the frequency is too fast for the nerves to sense.
So you can be cooking internally and not know it.
Cheers,
John"
The skin effect (in humans) is a myth but RF burns are not. Even
circuits with a few watts can give you a nasty burn if the voltage is
high enough.
Ed