Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ltuxa!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Tesla Coils Message-ID: <1418@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 13:54:51 EST Article-I.D.: ttrdc.1418 Posted: Tue Dec 16 13:54:51 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 21:57:14 EST References: <2293@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <749@randvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Computer Systems Division, Skokie, IL Lines: 22 In article <749@randvax.UUCP>, edhall@randvax.UUCP writes: >In article <2293@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> brian@sdcsvax.UUCP (Brian Kantor) writes: >>Especially good was connecting the top of the Big TC coil to the >>doorknob of the classroom door - so that anybody attempting to come in >>drew a big arc to his fingers. Worked especially well with the >>principal. >>Yes, I'm still alive. >But is the principal? :-) > -Ed I highly doubt that a high-frequency, low-current electrical current (100KHZ+) such as produced by a Tesla Coil would be likely to produce a fatal shock, because of "skin effect" (high-frequency currents would not pass near the heart). But it would sure be startling :-). -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer or the administrator of any computer | at&t computer systems division | upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | -------------------------------- Path: ..!{akgua,homxb,ihnp4,ltuxa,mvuxa, allegra,ulysses,vax135}!ttrdc!levy