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Ross Mac
 
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Default Electrocution - was Kindling for the Fire

Uh, Tom....you might want to invest in a DMM....just joking....I think I
tongue tested a battery or two as a kid...hehehe...yeeeeeoooooow!.....take
care, Ross


"Tom MacIntyre" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:57:17 GMT, James Meyer
wrote:

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:33:15 -0700, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun"
wroth:

But then most of life is like that. It's only a matter of time before
something you do gets you. Like driving, it's only a matter of time
before someone gets into an accident. Hopefully not fatal. But then
more people die in auto accidents than any other accident. So does
that stop us from driving? No.

Regards,
Glen


Almost all auto "accidents" are not really accidental. They usually
result from "applied stupidity".

I think electrical shocks are similar.

Jim


Tom was working on a TV chassis which was sitting on its side, power
applied, cable attached. Tom bumped the cable, and, before Tom's
magnificent dive to the Sencore isolation unit's power switch, the
chassis bottom made contact with Tom's left forearm. Tom was left with
dozens of burns from the various voltages present. :-)

This didn't even compare, though, with the time that Tom tongue-tested
a cellular telephone PS, 10.6VDC, 850 mA. OUCH!!

Tom