Re: DON'T get killed!! - Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Dave, all,

So it would appear that there are far more people getting
electrocuted by just plain household 120 VAC, 60 Hz
current than by OBITs, MOTS, pole pigs, ect. Of course,
there are also far more people that have access to "house hold"
current (like virually everyone in the industrialized world)
than  have access to the HV we coilers have access to and I'm
sure that the "idiot factor" regarding electrical safety and just
plain common sense when dealing with electricity is far higher
amongst the general population than amongst most of "us".

David


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Subject: Re: DON'T get killed!! - Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..


> Original poster: <dgoodfellow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looking at the CPSC web site, I found that there are about 500 to 
> 800 people per year who are electrocuted from consumer (houshold) 
> electronics. Seems hard to believe, but that is their statistics.
>
> http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/shock95.pdf
>
> Dave Goodfellow
>
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:29 AM
> Subject: DON'T get killed!! - Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..
>
>
> > Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > While requesting info for the Tesla coil death list:
> >
> > http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Misc/Deaths.txt
> >
> > I got two folks wondering about people killed with "just" Neon Sign 
> > Transformers...  They did not make "this" list since they were not 
> > doing Tesla coils.  One was a high school kid doing Jacob's ladders...
> >
> > Be very assured that a LOT of people have been killed by 
> > NSTs!!!  Don't go getting careless out there!!!
> >
> > BTW - A large number of people have been killed by car ignition 
> > circuits (conventional and HEI) too!!!  All it takes is a "bad" day...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >         Terry
> >
> >
> > At 07:43 PM 10/4/2005, you wrote:
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > I believe you're talking about repolarization during the T wave 
> > > and it's a current related thing.
> > >
> > > Without a defibulator around maybe a good chest thump is in 
> > > order.  Then a 911 call and vigorous CPR.
> > >
> > > > If the rising edge of the current should hit you at the exact right time
> > > > in the QRST heart waveform, it can stop your heart (trigger fibrillation.)
> > >
> > > Stork