Re: Safety FAQ is here -- draft, asking for comments.

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• Subject: Re: Safety FAQ is here -- draft, asking for comments.
• From: open_minded <bturner-at-apc-dot-net>
• Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 23:28:48 -0700

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From bigr-at-teleport-dot-comThu Aug  1 14:12:49 1996
> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 00:53:17 -0700
> From: bigr-at-teleport-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Safety FAQ is here -- draft, asking for comments.
> 
> Was the oddest thing. As I was reading the note- TV Olympics anouncer
> started talking about guy on crew team almost electrocuted with 30kV.
> 
> Anyway, my understanding about electrocution potential of AC vs.
> frequency is that just as the human ear cannot hear much beyond 18khz,
> neither can the body respond in much of any other way than sensing
> heat dissipated at those frequencies.  Reason for both insensitivities
> is supposed to be inherent slowness of nerves beyond these freqencies.
> 
> I've demonstrated this pretty well with flyback transformer and short
> pulse at a variable rep rate.  When I've adjusted pot beyond where my
> ear could hear mechanical vibration frequency, have only gotten skin
> burns.  Below that shock seems to get worse, although I'm not sure if
> its inversely linear with frequency.
> 
> Rob.


So, what you are saying is that you were giving yourself shock 
treatments??  *grin*


- Brent

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