[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

RE: Lightning from Fingertips Trick



Original poster: "Anthony R. Mollner" <penny831@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Did it hurt? You're supposed to me in the circuit to make it work. You
become the top load. Just be sure to wear a aluminum foil hat when you try
it. ;-) Oh, and NEVER touch ground.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:24 PM
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Lightning from Fingertips Trick


Original poster: "Chris Fanjoy" <zappyman@xxxxxxxxxxx>

   I've always been fascinated by the human lightning tricks done
with Tesla coils, and would like to do something on my own for an
online production video - although on a very small scale, say using
1/2" sparks to light a bulb, cigarette, etc. I have a fairly large
VTTC coil and I did some (very careful) experimenting the other
night, using just a few kV of output. I attempted to make some sort
of isolating platform for myself to stand on, but couldn't seem to
make it work. Even when standing on 5" of styrofoam with (thin)
plexiglass overtop, my fingers would still draw sparks when I brought
them near the coil. This was with the coil secondary grounded to a
water pipe. Does it have something to do with the grounding of the
coil, or is there something I'm missing here?
   Any advice would be appreciated.


----------
Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly
with Windows Media Player. Just Click
<http://g.msn.com/8HMBENCA/2746??PS=47575>PLAY.