Re: Tesla's enjoyment of ozone.

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Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>

Hi Dave,

Sounds like you experienced "flashburn".  Having done a lot of welding, I've
experienced it myself.  Feels like someone dumped a load of sand in your
eyes at about one in the morning.  I've often wondered if coilers have
gotten this from staring at their spark gaps.  The only cure is time, but I
did have an old machinist tell me to put small pieces of raw steak over each
eye, and I'll be darned, it helps.  Why?  I have no clue.

John Richardson

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Subject: RE: Tesla's enjoyment of ozone.


> Original poster: "Dave Hartwick by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ddhartwick-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
> When I was  kid--like 10 years old, I played around with arc lamps. The
only
> protection I used was sunglasses. Once, I awoke in the middle of the night
> with my eyes absolutely inflamed. It was frightening, to say the least.
>
> Henceforth, I exerted maximum respect for potentially damaging exposure to
> dangerous regions of the light spectrum. I use a piece of welding glass in
> front of my airblast spark gap, for example.
>
> To this day, I experience odd visual anomalies and wonder if they are a
> result of those early, poorly protected experiments.
> Dave H