RE: pain from coil strikes (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 23:41:14 -0700
From: Anthony R. Mollner <penny831@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: pain from coil strikes (fwd)

So what's the secret, is it higher or lower frequency that penetrated the
body to the least? If microwaves penetrate does that mean that the lower the
frequency, the least the current will penetrate?

Curious
Tony

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From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 7:49 PM
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: pain from coil strikes (fwd)


Thanks!  I wasn't sure what the depth was.

Chip

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:42:51 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pain from coil strikes (fwd)


On Aug 6, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Tesla list wrote:

> Moderator's note:
>
> Drawing sparks to one's body is risky at best.  While some contend
> that
> the skin effect prevents penetration of the electricity, this
> effect is
> for homogeneous bodies, of which the human body is not.  Nerves, blood
> vessels, bones, and muscles all have different conductivites.
>
> The nervous system can't detect frequencies as high as those found in
> tesla coils so you can't feel what damage may be occurring.

Not to mention, didn't we establish that the 30% skin depth at most
Tesla coil frequencies is measured in inches, if not tens of inches?
My big coils resonated at about 125 kHz.

  - G.

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