Re: Marx on "Myth Busters"

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Original poster: "kayaker" <kayaker-at-sbcglobal-dot-net> 

Hello Ed:

To tell the truth, I really don't remember. It just happened that I had a
friend who had opted out of working as a technician. He had a string of bad
luck. The worst being stung by the spark gap. Needless to say, you can only
trust a few people. Thank goodness for lock-out-tag-out.
Happy coiling.

Doug Allen
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Subject: Re: Marx on "Myth Busters"


 > 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
 >