Re: gapped mot

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi All,

While researching my Tesla coil deaths thing, I found a number of people
that have been killed by NSTs (but not while Tesla coiling so they are not
included on the "list").  There are many many people that have been killed
by NSTs.  Thus the new fancy GFI NST versions and rules...

NEVER get careless with high voltage no matter what.  Fink's book was from
a different "time".  Lindsay's books always include the disclaimer about
how these "old" books sometimes recommend stupid dangerous things... 

There are many folks who say they did something and lived.  But those that
don't live don't say much to warn the rest of us...

Cheers,

	Terry


At 08:36 AM 1/6/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>
>> 
>> Hi, just remember the output of a Mot as far as the human body is concerned
>> is NO different than a pole pig. You will get the same result if you make a
>> mistake!!!!! cul brian f.
>
>	Somewhere I have an old Navy radar instruction book which warns the
>technician about HV with words somewhat like "consider yourself a 250 k
>ohm, 1/4 watt resistor and behave accordingly".  As long as the body
>current exceeds some critical value depending on the path, the only
>effect of higher current is how much physical mayhem occurs.  I have a
>Lindsay reprint of "Neon Signs" by Fink in which he says the only danger
>from getting across the HV winding of an NST is that it might make you
>fall off a sign.  Can't believe that can be true, and suspect someone
>somewhere has died from such a mistake.
>
>Ed
>