Re: Yet another safety note...

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• Subject: Re: Yet another safety note...
• From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:41:20 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

  All -

  You can get zapped using only one hand if your feet are grounded. 
  So keep one hand and both feet in your pocket.

  John Couture

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At 04:37 PM 9/15/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Harri Suomalainen" <haba-at-cc.hut.fi> 
>
>>as planned, the cap did not totally discharge when it was shut off. Of
>>course I reached down to change the carrot, and grabbed the leads with
>both
>>hands. It felt like running into a brick wall, and gave me one hell of a
>
>There is one very good habit I have learned: use only one hand to touch
>things! That way you never get a hand-to-hand discharge if the system
>is isolated from ground. Nice way for learning that is by keeping one hand
>in the pocket when working.
>
>Well, unfortunately it is not possible always. Systems are not always
>separated from mains ground either. Yet, it is a good habit in many
>situations.
>
>
>--
>Harri Suomalainen     mailto:haba-at-cc.hut.fi
>
>We have phone numbers, why'd we need IP-numbers? - a person in a bus
>
>
>

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