Re: I just got to say one thing...

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

Hi Neil,

The body tends to feel DC.  Perhaps at longer distances, the arc gets
rectified some and you feel the DC part of the current.  Be careful of
burns from the RF since it burns real deep!

You probably don't want to touch the primary side much since there is about
20kV at hundreds of amps there!

You may want to check out:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Safety/safety.htm

Of course, be real careful not to get killed!  "We" don't recommend playing
with the arcs personally since one may get killed =X-O

Cheers,

	Terry 

At 11:25 PM 1/18/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>HV Tickles. I have been tuning my coil, and just as my finger is 2" away
>from it, white sparks fire to my finger. It REALLY tickles! I don't feel a
>thing when my finger is at 1" from it, as a purple arc develops then, and as
>you all know - its high frequency. I reckon its weird how the white sparks
>from the tesla coil only tickle, yet the white spark from the primary, lower
>voltage side make you scream, jump, or convulse. I find that quite weird in
>a way.
>