Re: Illegal?

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Illegal?
From: "Peter J. Papadopoulos" <pjp-at-compulink.gr>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 16:50:40 -0700

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> EMF  is potential or voltage.  I am sure you meant ELF fields.  This is
> electromagnetic energy.  There are only suggested federal guidelines in
> this area and no laws that I am currently aware of limit this value.  The
> Tesla coil produces much higher field energies in the Low end of the RF
> range.  You would need a calibrated RF field meter to determine this.
> (watts) or absorbed (watts/cubic cm.)  Most of the magnetic field
> associated with The tesla coil is pretty low. (milligauss)  The "E" field
> can be quite high (megavolts/meter) and again, a special meter is
> required to determine this accurately.  There is lotsa' stuff goin' on
> around a TC running at full tilt.  If it even slightly concerns you,
> forget Tesla coils and turn on the TV.
> 
> Richard Hull, TCBOR

Just to clarify this.
	EMF =
	 ElectroMagnetic Field and
	 ElectroMotive Force (electric potential)
	ELF = Extremely Low Frequency (0-300 Hz)
	EF = Electric Field (the 'E' field)
	MF = Magnetic Field (the 'M' field)

I would agree for the EF. It may reach MV/meter.
I would disagree for the MF. Discharging a capacitor in msec produces high currents, 
and high MF (for msecs). I would like discussion on this.

Peter.