Re: I'm trying this at home.

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Duck,

Many of the list will tell you to "don't do this!", but you seem determined.

So, first do it with a good sized uncooked room temperature roast of some
sort.  Measure the temperature of the roast on the surface and at several
depths inside - probably all the same temperature.  Then put the roast on
the metal platform and run some power through it for a while, letting the
discharge arc from a fork stuck in it.  Then shut down the TC and repeat the
temperature measurements.

Presumably the temperature will have risen some from the RF energy passing
through the roast.  In other words, it has been cooked some.

Now, think about that.  Do you really want to cook yourself?  Would you want
to climb in an industrial microwave oven which will also cook yourself?   I
hope not.

So if you insist on doing your platform thing, which I don't recommend, do
this:  Run a wire from the platform through your clothes to whatever metal
thing you will be holding as the discharge point.  Stand barefooted on the
platform so you and the wire are the same potential.  Then let 'er rip.
Just be sure to keep whatever the arc is discharging from higher than any
other part of your body so the arc is leaving metal, not flesh or hair.  The
power will flow through the wire, and you can still get the cheap thrill of
arcs jumping off something you are holding.

If you actually do this, please do NOT tell the list about it!!  You don't
want to be responsible for encouraging someone else to do it with possible
tragic consequences, and we don't want our hobby ruined by the resulting
publicity.  I am quite serious about this.

--Steve


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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:12 PM
Subject: I'm trying this at home.


> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Well actually , at the lab.
>
> This is a serious question, I don't want flames on this (though I know I'm

> gonna get them).
>
> I'm doing "The Demo". Insulated steel platform, powered off the discharge
> from a 6" coil powered by 12/180. The platform will be a 3' circle on 72"
of
> insulators (Station post insulators). Coil output limited to 2' arcs max,
> and NOTHING within at least 20' of the platform except a bare concrete
> floor.
>
> I'm serious about wanting to do this for several reasons.
>
> 1. I want to research the actual effects of passing the discharge.
>
> 2. I want to know how it feels.
>
> 3. I want to do it to show that, if handled properly, electricity can be
> incredibly safe.
>
> I fully understand the dangers involved, and I know that if I do this
wrong
> I can die doing it. I understand that a Master has died in the past (One
of
> the 3 coiling deaths ever) doing this exact same demonstration. I
understand
> that there could be long-term effects that can include unknown interior
> burns than can take forever to heal, etc etc. Even with a full
appreciation
> of the dangers involved I am still stupid enough to take the risk.
>
> There are many people who have done this (Brent comes to mind, and I would
> love to talk to him), I would like people THAT HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THIS to
> give me some serious, practical advice so that this can be done as safely
as
> possible.
>
> I will have a well trained crew on hand, including EMTs and an Ambulance
> parked outside (we're doing the demo for the local Public Safety Dept as a
> bit on Electrical Hazards and such.)
>
> This is something that has been specifically avoided when people have
asked
> in the past and dismissed as "Don't do it, it's stupid, you'll die and
ruin
> it for the rest of us, etc etc etc...." noone has ever answered a post
like
> this in the past with real advice.
>
> I belive this is sonething that SHOULD be explored, but only under VERY
> specific situations. This isn't something for the average 14 year old to
> try, but for someone with the required people, training, and facilities
this
> should be fine, if done properly.
>
> I can't afford the learning curve on this one guys, I need the knowledge
of
> thos that have come before. This is a zero-tolerance thing. Please help.
>
>
> Thank guys.
> Chris "Freeclimber, S.C.C.A. Racer, Street Luger, Lightning Thrower" Boden
>
> duck
>
>
>
>
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