Re: [TCML] A Safe Tesla Coil - was: Tesladownunder update, briefcase coil, lots of sparks etc

["Dex Dexter" <dexterlabs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First victim in the history, of a powerfull HF output spark,almost became Nikola Tesla himself.
He barely survived shock from extra coil of his magnifier in 1897.
1 meter long arc struck him in shoulder and knocked him down.
This incident you can find described in Margeret Cheney's book "Man out of time".

Dex 

--- frosty90@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

From: Frosty <frosty90@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [TCML] A Safe Tesla Coil - was: Tesladownunder update, briefcase 	coil, lots of sparks etc
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:44:12 +0930

>> If true that means only one thing:big tesla coil arcs have potential to
>> electrocute.
>> I really believe that.
>>
>>

I agree entirely. All the bad info out there saying tesla coil outputs are
'safe' as the high freqencies cannot 'be felt', is terribly misleading. The
energy availible in a signal tesla 'strike' is probably quite considerable,
certainly enough to do damage, even if you can't feel it immediately (from
my experience you can always feel it anyway).



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