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zeropointbug · 10.08.2009, 12:37 PM

But Ben, I can touch 500,000+ volts from my Tesla Coil and nothing happens...

It's AC.

hehe But it's all radio frequency AC, and not 60hz, which is what kills you, not the voltage, it's roughly 300 - 400 kHz frequency, so you just don't really feel anything.

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zeropointbug Z-Pinch racer Offline Posts: 3,141 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SK, Canada	10.08.2009, 12:37 PM But Ben, I can touch 500,000+ volts from my Tesla Coil and nothing happens... It's AC. hehe But it's all radio frequency AC, and not 60hz, which is what kills you, not the voltage, it's roughly 300 - 400 kHz frequency, so you just don't really feel anything. “The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun’s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.” —Ralph E. Juergens