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

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

A lot has to do with all the "newer" safety standards which beat up 
manufactures relentlessly about electrical safety...  Note how you 
can't get an extension cord any more without three BIG sticky safety 
flags on it :-P

I used to work with a lot of safety engineers, and the most important 
thing they stressed was "be careful"!!!  Anyone can get electrocuted 
by an alarm clock if they "try hard enough"...

But in our case, we play far closer to the electricity than any 
"consumer" plugging in a toaster...  "Our" top voltage is say 400,000 
Volts.  Primary currents of 1000 amps...  MOTs that seem to have 
matching specs to an electric chair...  "Exposed wiring" taken to the 
theoretical limit ;-))

"We" have to be far far more carful in our sport!!!

Cheers,

        Terry


At 05:09 PM 10/5/2005, you wrote:
> "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"
>
>         I wonder how many of them are REALLY electrocuted and how many cases
> are misdiagnosed?
>
> Ed