Knee Jerk Reaction

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• Subject: Knee Jerk Reaction
• From: Ted Rosenberg <TRosen1-at-Tandy-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 08:17:35 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Having read several postings regarding people getting personal with a few
million volts, it appears that most occasions occur because the coiler or
observer takes an action without thinking...or what I call a knee jerk
reaction.

A friend of mine was driving home. He paid a toll and placed the change on
the dash. Then while making a turn, the change started to slide and fall. He
instinctively and without thinking reached for the change to catch it and
promptly had a collision.

It's this sort of "non-thinking" that, IMHO, gets anyone experimenting with
electricity, into trouble. Think of your garage as a lab and follow good lab
procedures (which do not include waving fluorescents at the toroid like a
red cape at a bull) and you can live a long life.

Peace

Ted

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