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On Thursday, 8 November 2018 20:38:08 UTC, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 09:50:30 -0800 (PST), tabbypurr wrote:


I've put myself into an electrical circuit numerous times without getting shocked.


Were you wearing a Faraday cage or chain mail armor suit?
https://esfstream.com/faraday-cage-suit/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevencaton/sets/72157631825725155/


No. I might go & connect myself to 10,000v tonight

I haven't been zapped since tubes and hi-v were displaced by lower
voltage transistors. I've gotten my share of RF burns, but those
don't count as getting shocked.