Potential Transformer

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• Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 23:31:19 -0500
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From: 	randy-at-gte-dot-net[SMTP:randy-at-gte-dot-net]
Sent: 	Sunday, September 21, 1997 11:38 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Potential Transformer

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> From:   Edward V. Phillips[SMTP:ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu]
> Sent:   Tuesday, September 16, 1997 3:03 PM
> To:     tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:        Re: Potential Transformer
> 
> "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
> can you do anything with such a rubber glove on your hand?

 EdSpeaking of hands, it has been a while since I have seen a reference
to the following: Keep one hand in your pocket when around potentially
(no pun intended) lethal voltages; most deaths from electricity
occur when there is a current path thru the chest cavity, which is
more difficult w/o both hands.
Randy

"what good is technology if nobody gets hurt?"
"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger
man to laugh at that man"

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