Re: Safe parameters for stupid human Tesla coil stunts

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Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Probably the safest way is to get one of those electrical suits off Jeff 
Parisse at $6k a pop, then you can take all the 50kva+ power arcs you want, 
tho i still wouldn't want to "test" that by shooting streamers from my 
hands at 12kv power lines. I have a feeling it wouldn't cover your butt too 
well at 60hz.

Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Safe parameters for stupid human Tesla coil stunts


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Owen,
>
> The people that do this stunts have either been doing it for like 30 years 
> or have been trained by people that have done it for 30 years...  It takes 
> a lot of knowledge and well trained helpers to do it with any degree of 
> safety.  Even small Tesla coils draw significant line current, handle 
> hundreds of amps at thousands of volts and store very lethal charges... 
> Like playing with tigers or jumping motor cycles over busses, it is just 
> not a thing normal people should play with.
>
> Henry Transtrom really perfected the art, till he got killed...
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry
>
> At 12:23 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
> > >       I see these pictures of people with thimbles on all fingers,
> > > radiating sparks.  What would you consider to be safe parameters for
> > > performing stunts like this?  Minimum secondary frequency, maximum > 
> > primary
> > > transformer current/voltage, stuff like that.  Thanks.
> > >
> > >   - Owen -