A thought about high voltage

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I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all with
insulated wire under my clothes?
 
ngdbud@hotmail.com wrote:
I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all with
insulated wire under my clothes?

I think this falls under the heading of "Don't try this at home." As
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you said, the trick only works if you remain isolated from ground. This
also brings to mind the guys who work on the very high voltage
transmission lines from helicopters. The helo (which is not grounded
while flying, and probably generates some static electricity from the
spinning rotor above) sidles up next to the aerial work site while the
technician extends a wand toward the power line to match the potential,
producing a pretty eerie looking arc. Once the probe touches the wire,
the tech places a clamp on the wire and assumes his place on the work
platform. All very safe if done in the proper order, but not for the
faint of heart. Those chopper pilots are a special breed too.

Nels
 
On 7 Sep 2005 20:51:48 -0700, ngdbud@hotmail.com wrote:

I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all with
insulated wire under my clothes?
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The high frequency stuff from a Tesla coil won't shock you. It might
cause a contact burn where it hits the skin, if it's a chunky enough
coil. If you firmly hold a small metal object, a key maybe, in your
hand, you can pull impressive arcs off the tip of that.

Doesn't matter if you're grounded or not.

You *could* google this, you know. You'd find stuff like...

http://members.misty.com/don/skin.html


John
 
ngdbud@hotmail.com wrote:
I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he
would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface
and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch
any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about
Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who
perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so
the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit
is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest
had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from
the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all
with
insulated wire under my clothes?

I think this falls under the heading of "Don't try this at home."
As
Click to expand...
you said, the trick only works if you remain isolated from ground.
This
also brings to mind the guys who work on the very high voltage
transmission lines from helicopters. The helo (which is not grounded
while flying, and probably generates some static electricity from the
spinning rotor above) sidles up next to the aerial work site while the

technician extends a wand toward the power line to match the
potential,
producing a pretty eerie looking arc. Once the probe touches the
wire,
the tech places a clamp on the wire and assumes his place on the work
platform. All very safe if done in the proper order, but not for the
faint of heart. Those chopper pilots are a special breed too.

Nels
 
In article <1126151508.415855.159380@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, ngdbud@hotmail.com wrote:
I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all with
insulated wire under my clothes?
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blood conducts electricity better than flesh, (and major blood vesesl come together near
the heart) nerves also conduct to a lesser extent (which is part of why electric shock
is unpleasent)

go with the full body suit.

--

Bye.
Jasen
 
blood conducts electricity better than flesh, (and major blood vesesl come
together near
the heart) nerves also conduct to a lesser extent (which is part of why
electric shock
is unpleasent)

go with the full body suit.

--

Bye.
Jasen
And remember, Henry Transtrom was killed doing just this trick.
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Cheers.
Mark.
 
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:33:48 GMT, Nelson Johnsrud <gop4evr@lsol.net>
wrote:

ngdbud@hotmail.com wrote:
I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all with
insulated wire under my clothes?

I think this falls under the heading of "Don't try this at home." As
you said, the trick only works if you remain isolated from ground.
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And the parameters of what constitutes isolation from ground change as
voltage changes. As the voltage rises, the isolation should increase
along with it.

This
also brings to mind the guys who work on the very high voltage
transmission lines from helicopters. The helo (which is not grounded
while flying, and probably generates some static electricity from the
spinning rotor above) sidles up next to the aerial work site while the
technician extends a wand toward the power line to match the potential,
producing a pretty eerie looking arc. Once the probe touches the wire,
the tech places a clamp on the wire and assumes his place on the work
platform. All very safe if done in the proper order, but not for the
faint of heart. Those chopper pilots are a special breed too.
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http://www.abb.com/global/abbzh/abbzh251.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gad/gad02077.nsf&v=61DE&e=us&c=5975E947217CDC92C1256EFA0048910E
(http://tinyurl.com/cfrsk)

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CXO/is_8_55/ai_107141280
 
Kitchen Man wrote:
This
also brings to mind the guys who work on the very high voltage
transmission lines from helicopters. The helo (which is not grounded
while flying, and probably generates some static electricity from the
spinning rotor above) sidles up next to the aerial work site while the
technician extends a wand toward the power line to match the potential,
producing a pretty eerie looking arc. Once the probe touches the wire,
the tech places a clamp on the wire and assumes his place on the work
platform. All very safe if done in the proper order, but not for the
faint of heart. Those chopper pilots are a special breed too.

http://www.abb.com/global/abbzh/abbzh251.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gad/gad02077.nsf&v=61DE&e=us&c=5975E947217CDC92C1256EFA0048910E
(http://tinyurl.com/cfrsk)

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CXO/is_8_55/ai_107141280
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Yup, that's the stuff. While in Houston a few years ago, I spent a day
at the space center. One of the Imax movies playing there contained
footage of one of these helicopter-borne line techs going about his
daily routine. The thought process is pretty interesting. "Let's see
now -- I am about to get into this helicopter and fly up next to that
250Kv power line 500 feet in the air, then reach out and touch that line
with this big stick, clamp this here work harness to that wire, and get
out of the helicopter in mid air, leaving the chopper to fly away, and
me strapped to a 250Kv power line." All in a day's work. The Imax film
gave a very neat perspective from the bird's eye view.

Nels
 
ngdbud@hotmail.com wrote:
I was just thinking of that trick Nikola Tesla invented where he would
strap himself to one of his coils and stand on an insulated surface and
shoot lightning off his fingertips and as long as he didn't touch any
grounded objects, he would be unharmed. I was also thinking about Dr.
Megavolt at the same time (yes, my brain does that) the man who perorms
with his one million volt Tesla coil while wearing a metal suit so the
electricity just skips his body. I was wondering if the whole suit is
nesacery or if i tried the lightning from fingertips, could I wear a
tight metal vest against my skin, under my clothes. Would the
electricity skip past my heart and major organs as long as the vest had
less resistance than I do? would I be able to do the lightning from the
finger tips, but be able to shoot sparks from my finger to grounded
objects safley? What if instead of a vest I wore metal metal anklets
and braclets, once again tightly wrapped, and connected them all with
insulated wire under my clothes?



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The biggest difference between Hi-Tension Power lines and Tesla coils is
that the Tesla is frequency modulated. Keep in mind the 'skin effect'
when you work with higher frequencies, it tends to travel along the
surface of your skin (provided you dont loose ground isolation).

As mentioned before, this is not a 'safe' trick and you will want to
test it on NON-LIVING things first to determine the safety level.
Also keep in mind that if you are unfortunate enough to provide a
current path for the 'ionizing electronic radiation', at best you will
receive an very nasty burn that can take up to 1/2 year or longer to
heal. At worst, you will not have a 2nd chance to make another mistake
and will fittingly be put on the Darwin Award website for removing
another unwise person from the world.
Nanu5871
 
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