Re: magnets and arcs?

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Original poster: "kayaker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kayaker-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>

Hello All:-)

Back in the day when I was employed at I.B.M. I worked in all phases of
equipment maintenance. To make a long story a little shorter. I worked
occasionally in the plating area. I ended up replacing a pair of two hundred
pound magnets. Engineering said use the standard chain with the cherry
picker too move the magnets. Very bad idea, very dangerous. And, no I didn't
get hurt, it was a close call.
Use nylon straps and none magnetic tooling. Magnets, are like high voltage.
Treat it all with a healthy dose of common sense and respect. If your not
sure ask the question even someone else thinks it's a dumb one. Have fun
everyone.

Doug Allen:-)
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: magnets and arcs?


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>
 >
 > In a message dated 7/11/03 6:33:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 > >Hey guys!
 > >I found this interesting thing on ebay. A BIG magnet.
 > >In the description it talks about "7 feet electrical arc"
 > >Is there anything to this?
 > >http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2543487643
 > >
 > >Read you later
 > >Josh
 >
 >
 > Hi Josh, all,
 >
 > I purchased a couple of magnets (though not the one depicted here)
 > from this gentleman and I corresponded w/ him via email about this
 > claim. It was really beyond me (which don't take too much) but he
 > kind of talked cryptically, at least IMO. Kind of reminded me of the
 > "free energy" talk. In spite of that, he did seem like a decent guy
 > and I can attest first hand that his NyFeBo magnets are BAADDD!
 > I purchased two 2 1/8" X 2 1/8" X 1 1/4" thick N-45 magnets and
 > these things at this size are down right dangerous - estimated se-
 > veral hundred lbs. of pull from a singular pole face to a thick, falt
 > piece of steel!
 >
 > David Rieben
 >