Re: Marx on "Myth Busters"

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "kayaker" <kayaker-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi Christopher:
 >
 > Sorry too hear a horror story of another Moron on the run. I worked with a
 > coworker back in the day when I was a young man. Who was adjusting a spark
 > gap at SLAC. Back before Lock-Out-Tag-Out, was the norm. He was in the pit,
 > working, heard the generators kick in, then bang. He was hit on his right
 > palm. The Moron, who pulled the switch, was an engineer. Needless too say
 > the Moron was not fired. This former Technician, was working as an assembler
 > then.
 > Happy Coiling to all.
 >
 > Sincerely,
 >
 > Doug Allen

	All of this conversation reminds me of an incident the first time I
fired up a decent coil (24" streamers).  The coil was too close to the
edge of the bench and when I leaned over to plug in the power lead (no
switches used here) I took a hit to the top of my head.  No harm done
but quite a thrill.....

	Doug.  What were spark gaps used for at SLAC?  (Safety?) I had a
conducted tour of the place while it was being built, courtesy of Dr.
Panofski (sp?) who had invited a friend of mine to take a look and he
had me tag along.

Ed