Re: Just wonderin' (fwd)

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Just wonderin' (fwd)
From: "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-headwaters-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:55:40 -0600
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:24:09 EDT
> From: christopher boden <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Just wonderin'
<snip>
> 
> Also..on a safety note.
> We've just gotten a set of High Voltage gloves (gauntlets) from the
> local power company and I can't say enough about them. They're great.
> We built a few Jacob's ladders to test the new NST's and it's great
> to be able to adjust the electrodes without turning the power off.
> The gloves are rated to 50KV so we've get quite a safety margin.<snip>

> Christopher A. Boden Esq.
> President/C.E.O.
> The Geek Group
> The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth!

Chris,

I think that testing those HV gloves ain't such a good idea. But then I
also think jumping out of a perfectly serviceable airplane relying on
something called a parachute is similarly wreckless.

BTW, did your HV mittens come with a mil spec, OSHA rated,
non-conductive idiot string?  : )  No disrespect intended.

Robert W. Stephens