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Re: Potential Transformer




From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, September 17, 1997 5:10 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Potential Transformer

Tesla List wrote:


> "Rubber glove (with a leather over it for *high* voltage), rubber sleeve,
> rubber vest, rubber floor mat, face shield, spotter with rope and cane.
> Different combinations are required for different levels of voltage."
>         All of that for 50 volts, not 50 kilovolts?????  How dan (then?)
> can you do anything with such a rubber glove on your hand?


You can't -- that's why government laboratories are leaning more towards
simulating physics on computers these days.  The hazards of dealing with
computers (carpal tunnel, radiation, malignment of social skills) are far
easier to deal with than the dangers of actual research.


-GL