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Re: DON'T get killed!! - Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..
Original poster: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Hypatia=27s_Prot=E9g=E9=22?= <hypatia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
While on the subject of safety...
This probably doesn't require mention here, still I feel compelled to say
***PLEASE DON'T OMMIT A STRIKE RING!!!*** Or, better yet, a strike *CAGE* -
As one who has lined his pockets handsomely via sale of um... 'synthetic'
fulgurites (I beg you know that I burn with shame at the confession! ;-) I
can attest to the low impedance offered by ionized air...
Very best regards
Dan Sarandon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: DON'T get killed!! - Re: Somewhat off topic. Neon gas tubes..
> 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
>
>