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Donner und Blitzen [fried semiconductors]
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From: Bill Lemieux [SMTP:gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 12:38 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Donner und Blitzen
Bill Wysock wrote:
> enclosure.] I literally "fried" all semi-conductor divices, even
> though they were not in any way connected to ground or any
Sounds like the story told to me by a fellow who used to work for
Maxwell Laboratories. They had built an EMP (nuclear electromagnetic
pulse) near-field simulator for the Defense Nuclear Agency.
They did all their calculations and carefully protected and shielded all
their measurement equipment... or so they thought. The first time they
fired it in the measurement area, not only did several components in the
machine itself fail, but they toasted about a million bucks worth of
Hewlett-Packard RF and magnetic field measurement gear that they'd been
sure would be safe.
"Eureka, it works!"
"Uh, boss? We got a problem, boss..."
-Gomez, wondering whether his magnetic metal forming machine will need a
screen room...
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