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Re: NON-static shocks from unpowered secondary?



Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Patrick Make a quick test with a volt meter connected to the two ends of
your coil. A large coil can act like an antenna picking up AC voltages from
near by power lines. The voltaqe and current can be large.
    Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 01:39:13 -0700
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: NON-static shocks from unpowered secondary?
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> Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 01:54:05 -0700
> 
> Original poster: "Patrick Leonard by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <transactoid-at-rogers-dot-com>
> 
> 
> I live in Southern Ontario, and it gets very dry in the winter. With a bit of
> shuffling, I can pull 1"+ static sparks. In fact, I do this all the time on
> purpose - I KNOW what static shocks feel like.
> 
> Now, I've read the discussions on people receiving static shocks from their
> unpowered secondaries, but the shocks I've got feel *nothing* like static
> shocks. I feel nothing when touching the sides of the coil*, but when I touch
> either end terminal of the coil, I get a very sharp, tingling, *painful*
> shock.
> Again, it feels *nothing* like a static shock, there's no "hair raising" Van
> De
> Graaf feel, no loud "pop".......it feels exactly like an AC shock. It's a
> pulsating, piercing kind of pain. There is no visible spark.
> 
> I realize this is fairly subjective. Hopefully someone else has can relate to
> what I'm saying. I've felt both static shocks and (thankfully) small AC
> shocks.
> These secondary shocks feel like just like AC.
> 
> I know very little about electronics. Is it possible the coils, acting as an
> inductor, are somehow maintaining an AC current? Or rectifying any static
> charges into AC current?
> 
> (*Actually, I have received static shocks from touching the sides of the coil
> -
> the small sparks and crackles, the hair on my hand stands on end. This is NOT
> what I feel when touching the end terminals.)
> 
> Thanks,
> "This ain't no static shock"
> Patrick
> 
> 
>