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Re: Effects of HV/DC fence chargers.



Original poster: "torlin by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <torlin-at-ghostmail-dot-net>

I believe it was Mr. Miagi, of "The Karate Kid" who put it 
best.   "Best Defense NOT BE THERE"  :)

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:22:28 -0600
  "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <CTCDW-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>hi All, 
>
>As one who has horses, and as one who (accidentally) had 
>one hand on the output
>of the fence charger and the other on the fence (yes, I 
>completed the
>ciruit)..long story about how THAT happened, I can tell 
>you that if it was not
>a pulsed supply, I would NOT have been able to let go. It 
>was most painful, and
>indeed I was locked there until it cycled off. the 2 
>second cycle time felt
>like an hour. Just be careful. The best way to survive a 
>HV shock, is to not
>get one. Sounds stupid, I know, but the fact is that we 
>all get comfy the more
>we work around this stuff, and we shouldn't. Stay safe! 
>
>CHris W
>
>