On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:06:27 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
wrote:

Reminds me of a friend who put up a ground mounted HF vertical in his
back yard (back in the 60's). He was sitting in the shack checking it
out when his wife let the dog out. The dog saw the new fire hydrant in
the back yard, but my friend was ready. Just as the dog lifted his leg,
my friend hit the key - with a full KW going to the antenna.

From then on, the dog gave the antenna a wide berth, always watching it
suspiciously.

Mythbusters did a test of urinating on an electrified 3rd rail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDY-0ijiOEQ
It didn't work. Surface tension causes the urine stream to break up
into non-connected globules, which will not conduct electricity.
Later, they managed to get it to work with a 3 inch stream.

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