Re: Safety and footwear

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Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I understand completely..  I wouldn't trust much of
anything well beyond or even close to 600 volts.. and I'm
not nearly crazy enough to test them out.. ;)

Ben McMillen


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> 
> 
> A couple thoughts....
> 
> 1. Given dry conditions, wouldn't just about ANY footwear
> insulate to well 
> beyond 600V?
> 
> 2. Would you really trust it? I rip thorugh at least 3
> pair of shoes a year 
> with UET work and Lugeing (haw many times a year do YOU
> set your feet on 
> fire :) ). All it would take is one small hole and a
> little sweat and you've 
> got a problem.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> duck
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
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> 
> 
> >Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> ><spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> >
> >On the subject of electrocuton:
> >
> >If anyone is looking for new footwear, timberland makes
> a
> >line of work boots called the pro series. One of these
> >pairs of boots provides open circuit protectoin of up to
> >600 volts.. it won't do much good for higher voltages..
> >it's still better than nothing.. just a thought.. ;)
> >
> >Ben McMillen
> 
> 
>
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