On Thu, 06 May 2004 21:26:57 GMT, Don Bruder wrote:

Because of the voltages involved (usually quite low) and the resistance
value of dry skin (usually very high) it's *VERY* difficult, bordering
on impossible, to electrocute yourself with a welder unless you're doing
something incredibly stupid - like clamping the ground lead to your
foot, peeing on it, and sucking on the end of the electrode. You *MIGHT*
take a small "poke" if you touch things just right, or are wet, but it's
EXTREMEMLY unlikely that it'll be anything more than a mild "Eep! Guess
I shouldn't have touched that!" tickle.

Or laying under a deck in an aluminum boat hull welding a bracket on the
back side of the steering winch.

While wearing only shorts and a leather apron on the front, on a very
hot day, a day so hot you are laying in a puddle of sweat.

It hurts with a Lincoln buzzbox.

Gunner

"A vote for Kerry is a de facto vote for bin Laden."
Strider