Re: OBIT testing the ebay way!

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

And coming soon, a whole truckload of damaged meters!

---Eric
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Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: OBIT testing the ebay way!


 > Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes-at-silicon-arcana-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Uh, yeah.  You'd think a simple voltage divider
 > circuit would spring to mind, but then when you browse
 > the Transformers section of eBay, it is generally
 > obvious that most of the sellers don't know anything
 > about what they're selling.  They're just liquidating
 > surplus, and to them it's all just boxes with wires
 > sticking out :)
 >
 > Aaron
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Hydrogen18"
 >  > <hydrogen18-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  >
 >
<http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67815&item=571273458
7&rd=1>http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67815&item=571
2734587&rd=1
 >  >
 >  > This guy doesnt know he has an OBIT but I quote:
 >  >
 >  > "I hooked up the old simpson to it and plugged it in
 >  > and out real quick
 >  > while watching the meter peg out on the 1000 volt
 >  > scale"
 >  >
 >  > Is it just me or is that not only incredibly
 >  > dangerous(if you were holding
 >  > the meter especially)but probaly damaged his meter
 >  > unless he inserted the
 >  > plug and removed it in under 8 ms?
 >  >
 >  > ---Eric
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >