Tesla Envy - Getting VERY close to huge sparks

Sometimes you wish for a bigger Tesla coil. Details on http://tesladownunder.com

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[robertgift]

Great TC and fun video!

Don't brea.the O3.

Aren't you causing illegal RFI?

Interesting seeing the metal sparks.

In case of some kind of mishap, do you have someone standing by with an AED? (Automatic External Defibrillator)

Thanks for posting this.

[Tesladownunder]

I don't believe O3 is a big problem outdoors even with low wind. RFI is a problem that affects our TV reception and 1 or 2 neighbours have noted it too but I live in a rural area. TC's are actually inefficient emitters of RF and the hash from a spark is broadband not fixed frequency. I have defibs but don't have them on standby for my wife (who is a nurse). If I think it is that risky, I don't do it.

[Neuroelectronic]

So how are your retinas these days?

[Tesladownunder]

My normal glasses have a UV filter coating just as good as sunglasses and I have tested them. My retinal photos are on my website. they are normal.

[s13tx]

It's cool, but my problem is long term effect. You might get cancer for this or sperms will suffer. There's a small town somewhere in the Asia and animals were dying with no reason. Guess what they found? The town was up on the mountain, so thick fog was there early in the morning and powerline was going through the town. That was it. Anyway, be careful.

[Tesladownunder]

I have just appeared on national TV (A Current Affair WIN TV) in view of my understanding OF HV power lines and health from both a high voltage and medical specialist point of view. I am aware of the hundred studies or so that relate to this area. What you are saying though is rubbish about killing animals and sperm suffering. Big studies that actually measure EM fields have not shown any linkage with disease.

[tromblon1]

interesting how ignorant people want show Tesla's work as mad scientist creating future weapons of mass destruction and shit like that. Tesla was genious beyond his (and even our) time and His inventions was only meant to benefit humanity , but hey we cant all appreciate genius!

-nice vid by the way

[banacek8675]

i can imagine what this guy's neighbors talk about at the dinner table

[topVase]

this guy is still alive? O_O

[leonessity]

Absolutely awesome!! Thank you for the entertaining video. I sure would have loved to have been your neighbor! Hell, i'd have been that kid that never goes home!! haha I spent a large portion of my life being terrified of electricity despite my father's endless deluges of reasoning as to why the sparks on the jumper cables aren't going to kill me! haha Now (a lil older n to the wiser) i play around with it a bit but "WoW!", had i've had you for a neighbor, i bet i'd have paid attention more!

[brahim121985brahim]

@MrJoemeister Edison is an idea thief

[james0tucson]

@MrJoemeister Thomas Edison was a genius in the sense of being able to make a consumer product and successfully sell it to a mass market, and move on to the next thing making investors rich. This kind of success resonates much closer to the American psyche than the things Tesla did. Tesla was the greater genius, but he alienated everyone who could have given him capital to develop any invention into a product. It makes him a pariah instead of an "American hero." I agree he was shortchanged.

[jonnybridge]

Looks awesome but also looks dangerous.

[WolzVen]

I got shocked by one XD Atleast it was weak it could of been worse o.o

[agentEE7]

@MrJoemeister I think it's terrible how edison ended up in the history books and tesla didn't. but i'm glad people have been taking notice for his inventions, besides the tesla coil (i.e. the TESLA MOTOR CO, NVIDIA's Tesla GPU, and in CAPCOM's game Dark Void, Tesla makes an appearance as a lost inventor who helps a WWII cargo pilot named Will escape back to Earth from a world called the Void.

[Testedgamer13]

I love th sound of telsa towers!

[Testedgamer13]

I lov th sound of telsa towers!

[MrJoemeister]

@tromblon1 The thing that really disgusts me is that in public school districts in illinois, we are taught that Thomas Edison is the genius, in fact we didnt evne learn about Tesla, I know about him though from research, and his accomplishements are much more outstanding than Edison's