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RP Henry August 7th 03 08:57 PM


"Tom Sevart" wrote in message
...

"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to

stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


A Raytheon corporate legend is that one of the engineers discovered the
microwave oven principle when a radar melted a chocolate bar in his shirt
pocket.




Boris Mohar August 7th 03 09:29 PM

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:05:50 -0700, "RP Henry" richard.p.henry@saic dot
com wrote:


"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

I've had a few fatal shocks.

Thanks,
- Win


You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple
fatal shocks.


That explains the hair.


He is a cat.

--

Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
Aurora, Ontario



Boris Mohar August 7th 03 09:29 PM

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:05:50 -0700, "RP Henry" richard.p.henry@saic dot
com wrote:


"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

I've had a few fatal shocks.

Thanks,
- Win


You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple
fatal shocks.


That explains the hair.


He is a cat.

--

Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
Aurora, Ontario



Mike W August 7th 03 09:37 PM

Ouch, that bit...
--
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill



Mike W August 7th 03 09:37 PM

Ouch, that bit...
--
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill



Gary S. August 7th 03 10:02 PM

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:47:09 -0500, "Tom Sevart"
wrote:


"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


Go with that instinct.

Always better to be the one telling the story, than the one IN the
story.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

Gary S. August 7th 03 10:02 PM

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:47:09 -0500, "Tom Sevart"
wrote:


"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


Go with that instinct.

Always better to be the one telling the story, than the one IN the
story.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

Paul Burridge August 7th 03 10:57 PM

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:51:20 -0400, "Pat Ford" wrote:


"A E" wrote in message
...
Paul Burridge wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:33:24 GMT, "Harris"
wrote:

Several people have and of course they are all dead.

Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due


Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could

modify it
by adding 'near' as a prefix.

course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm
driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW).
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill



but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply
permenent death or can it be temporary?


You guys are thinking in two dimensions; you need to think in three.
You're seeing things in black and white and you need to look for
colour. Raise your game!
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

Paul Burridge August 7th 03 10:57 PM

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:51:20 -0400, "Pat Ford" wrote:


"A E" wrote in message
...
Paul Burridge wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:33:24 GMT, "Harris"
wrote:

Several people have and of course they are all dead.

Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due


Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could

modify it
by adding 'near' as a prefix.

course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm
driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW).
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill



but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply
permenent death or can it be temporary?


You guys are thinking in two dimensions; you need to think in three.
You're seeing things in black and white and you need to look for
colour. Raise your game!
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

Tom Coates August 7th 03 11:03 PM

A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video
narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He
survived to make the video, but as a double amputee.

I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many
years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps
someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details.

Tom, N3IJ


"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill




Tom Coates August 7th 03 11:03 PM

A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video
narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He
survived to make the video, but as a double amputee.

I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many
years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps
someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details.

Tom, N3IJ


"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill




Bob Lewis \(AA4PB\) August 7th 03 11:56 PM

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each
hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)




Bob Lewis \(AA4PB\) August 7th 03 11:56 PM

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each
hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)




Tony Roe August 8th 03 12:06 AM

Not as spectacular as the other stories here, my experience was with a Tascam
data recorder - working on the front panel, (and, in retrospect, without due
care and attention) I discovered that just because the circuitry is miniaturized
and all the interconnects are ribbon cables does NOT guarantee some daft
designer at Tascam hasn't decided to sneak AC mains in amongst the signal
wiring.

On 7 Aug 2003 14:08:22 GMT, (Michael Black) wrote:
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?


Regards,
Tony (remove "_" from email address to reply)

Tony Roe August 8th 03 12:06 AM

Not as spectacular as the other stories here, my experience was with a Tascam
data recorder - working on the front panel, (and, in retrospect, without due
care and attention) I discovered that just because the circuitry is miniaturized
and all the interconnects are ribbon cables does NOT guarantee some daft
designer at Tascam hasn't decided to sneak AC mains in amongst the signal
wiring.

On 7 Aug 2003 14:08:22 GMT, (Michael Black) wrote:
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?


Regards,
Tony (remove "_" from email address to reply)

Robert Baer August 8th 03 12:36 AM

Paul Burridge wrote:

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill


I died from one 20 years ago.

Robert Baer August 8th 03 12:36 AM

Paul Burridge wrote:

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill


I died from one 20 years ago.

Eric in the Evening August 8th 03 01:21 AM

Haven't read all the posts yet, but...Way back in high school ('bout 65-66),
I was working on a TV set in electronics shop. I was in the back room, by
myself, and had just turned it off. I was following all safety procedures,
one hand to my side, other hand on the insulated screwdriver, prying off the
25Kv lead to the picture tube. Well we didn't know that the "decorative"
metal railing of the work bench was grounded. My hand slipped off of the
insulation onto the metal shaft off the screwdriver and I was leaning
against the workbench. Next thing I remember was that I was flat on my back,
with my head in the doorway, six feet from workbench. All the class were
gathered around the teacher who said "My God! He's alive!" Turns out, they
had heard the discharge (through me), and I had been out for at least 3-5
minutes. So I guess you could say I survived a "fatal" shock.

Years later, in the phone company, while reaching through some equipment to
get a wire being passed to me, my forehead touch the +400V and my wrist
touched a -400V of a telegraph (yes, telegraph) circuit. Didn't knock me out
but it sure stung.....

Eric KA6USJ



Eric in the Evening August 8th 03 01:21 AM

Haven't read all the posts yet, but...Way back in high school ('bout 65-66),
I was working on a TV set in electronics shop. I was in the back room, by
myself, and had just turned it off. I was following all safety procedures,
one hand to my side, other hand on the insulated screwdriver, prying off the
25Kv lead to the picture tube. Well we didn't know that the "decorative"
metal railing of the work bench was grounded. My hand slipped off of the
insulation onto the metal shaft off the screwdriver and I was leaning
against the workbench. Next thing I remember was that I was flat on my back,
with my head in the doorway, six feet from workbench. All the class were
gathered around the teacher who said "My God! He's alive!" Turns out, they
had heard the discharge (through me), and I had been out for at least 3-5
minutes. So I guess you could say I survived a "fatal" shock.

Years later, in the phone company, while reaching through some equipment to
get a wire being passed to me, my forehead touch the +400V and my wrist
touched a -400V of a telegraph (yes, telegraph) circuit. Didn't knock me out
but it sure stung.....

Eric KA6USJ



Eric Immel August 8th 03 04:29 AM

Paul Burridge wrote:
Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?
[.sig_snip]


My first clear memory of my life is the few minutes immediately after of
my dad's warning me not to poke a finger in a light socket while he
fetched a new bulb. Dad left the room and 2-3 year old Eric headed
straight for the (now empty) lamp socket. Amazing how clear a memory can
be after decades.

The closest death by electrocution I've suffered was in the mid 1980's.
Our disposal protocol required us to let air into CRTs. For some reason,
I powered up the monitor before I disposed of it. I unplugged it, took
the back off, donned my leather gloves, grabbed my uninsulated pliers
and, with one hand on the steel case, snipped the nipple off of the 25"
CRT. I remember the world getting almost completely covered by a big
dark. I didn't get thrown or loose consciousness. My arm ached for a
little while, that big dark is still with me from time to time.


Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived? If anyone
has made that journey, I'd be curious to know if your experience was
similar to people who have survived a "fatal" drowning (great peace,
white light, etc.).

EI


Eric Immel August 8th 03 04:29 AM

Paul Burridge wrote:
Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?
[.sig_snip]


My first clear memory of my life is the few minutes immediately after of
my dad's warning me not to poke a finger in a light socket while he
fetched a new bulb. Dad left the room and 2-3 year old Eric headed
straight for the (now empty) lamp socket. Amazing how clear a memory can
be after decades.

The closest death by electrocution I've suffered was in the mid 1980's.
Our disposal protocol required us to let air into CRTs. For some reason,
I powered up the monitor before I disposed of it. I unplugged it, took
the back off, donned my leather gloves, grabbed my uninsulated pliers
and, with one hand on the steel case, snipped the nipple off of the 25"
CRT. I remember the world getting almost completely covered by a big
dark. I didn't get thrown or loose consciousness. My arm ached for a
little while, that big dark is still with me from time to time.


Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived? If anyone
has made that journey, I'd be curious to know if your experience was
similar to people who have survived a "fatal" drowning (great peace,
white light, etc.).

EI


Michael A. Terrell August 8th 03 04:50 AM

RP Henry wrote:

"Tom Sevart" wrote in message
...

"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to

stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


A Raytheon corporate legend is that one of the engineers discovered the
microwave oven principle when a radar melted a chocolate bar in his shirt
pocket.


I find that very interesting, since every chocolate bar I have ever
had was wrapped in aluminum foil.
--


Its August 5, 2003, so I'm 51 today!
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Michael A. Terrell August 8th 03 04:50 AM

RP Henry wrote:

"Tom Sevart" wrote in message
...

"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to

stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


A Raytheon corporate legend is that one of the engineers discovered the
microwave oven principle when a radar melted a chocolate bar in his shirt
pocket.


I find that very interesting, since every chocolate bar I have ever
had was wrapped in aluminum foil.
--


Its August 5, 2003, so I'm 51 today!
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Wade Hassler August 8th 03 06:52 AM

Paul Burridge wrote in message . ..
The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.


480 volt compost turner was activated while I had my hands inside.
Threw me into a pile of (mostly) chicken manure.
Wade H

Wade Hassler August 8th 03 06:52 AM

Paul Burridge wrote in message . ..
The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.


480 volt compost turner was activated while I had my hands inside.
Threw me into a pile of (mostly) chicken manure.
Wade H

Ian Buckner August 8th 03 09:32 AM


"Boris Mohar" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:05:50 -0700, "RP Henry" richard.p.henry@saic

dot
com wrote:


"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has

anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have

survived?

I've had a few fatal shocks.

Thanks,
- Win


You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered

multiple
fatal shocks.


That explains the hair.


He is a cat.

--

Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
Aurora, Ontario


Win just haunts this newsgroup.

Regards
Ian

;-)



Ian Buckner August 8th 03 09:32 AM


"Boris Mohar" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:05:50 -0700, "RP Henry" richard.p.henry@saic

dot
com wrote:


"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has

anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have

survived?

I've had a few fatal shocks.

Thanks,
- Win


You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered

multiple
fatal shocks.


That explains the hair.


He is a cat.

--

Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
Aurora, Ontario


Win just haunts this newsgroup.

Regards
Ian

;-)



Paul Burridge August 8th 03 10:05 AM

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 03:29:47 GMT, Eric Immel
wrote:

Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived?


That's pretty close to what I'm getting at. What I *am* actually get
at is that theoretical physicists are coming around to the rather
extraordinary view that one cannot from one's own perspective be
killed by any sudden and dramatic life event. No matter how bad the
shock, you will always 'come around' to find that you've survived. The
tricky bit is that you'll probably have found yourself in a different
reality to the one you left. In the one you've left, observers will
see your cold, dead, smoking body lying sparko on the ground. Your
relatives will grieve, your obituary will be written. But *you* won't
know anything of that. You'll just believe you've had a lucky escape;
you'll go home and tell your friends and family all about it and years
later maybe you'll tell others via the Internet. Sounds nuts?
Incredible as it may seem, the majority of physicists currently
working in this field now believe this to be the case! And we're
talking world-class theoreticians here, not just the kooks who post to
alt.sci.theories.

For further info, try Googling for the following:
Many Worlds theory
Max Tegel
Quantum suicide experiment
Quantum Theory of Imortality
David Deutsche
Schroedinger's Cat
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

Paul Burridge August 8th 03 10:05 AM

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 03:29:47 GMT, Eric Immel
wrote:

Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived?


That's pretty close to what I'm getting at. What I *am* actually get
at is that theoretical physicists are coming around to the rather
extraordinary view that one cannot from one's own perspective be
killed by any sudden and dramatic life event. No matter how bad the
shock, you will always 'come around' to find that you've survived. The
tricky bit is that you'll probably have found yourself in a different
reality to the one you left. In the one you've left, observers will
see your cold, dead, smoking body lying sparko on the ground. Your
relatives will grieve, your obituary will be written. But *you* won't
know anything of that. You'll just believe you've had a lucky escape;
you'll go home and tell your friends and family all about it and years
later maybe you'll tell others via the Internet. Sounds nuts?
Incredible as it may seem, the majority of physicists currently
working in this field now believe this to be the case! And we're
talking world-class theoreticians here, not just the kooks who post to
alt.sci.theories.

For further info, try Googling for the following:
Many Worlds theory
Max Tegel
Quantum suicide experiment
Quantum Theory of Imortality
David Deutsche
Schroedinger's Cat
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

A E August 8th 03 11:21 AM



"Bob Lewis (AA4PB)" wrote:

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each

hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)


Maybe we don't want to know what was the third 'hand'....


A E August 8th 03 11:21 AM



"Bob Lewis (AA4PB)" wrote:

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each

hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)


Maybe we don't want to know what was the third 'hand'....


Howard Eisenhauer August 8th 03 12:33 PM


A guy I was working with one time told me he had one when working as an
electrician. He was working in the bottom of a 500V distribution cabinet,
laying on his back on the floor, when he Touched The Wrong Thing.

His parter, working in a cabinet a few yards away, heard a noice, looked
over & saw this guy's feet bouncing around. The partner bashed the
disconnect & pulled him out of the cabinet.

No heart beat.

Dead.


Good thing the other electrician knew CPR or this guy would still be dead.


He's in the IT field now, for some reason he felt the need for a career
change.


Paul Burridge )
wrote:

: The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
: had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

: p.
: --

: "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
: to write it." - Winston Churchill

--
Howard Eisenhauer on **************************************
* *
Chebucto Community Network * Can't think of anything cute *
Halifax Nova Scotia * to put in here *
* *
**************************************

Howard Eisenhauer August 8th 03 12:33 PM


A guy I was working with one time told me he had one when working as an
electrician. He was working in the bottom of a 500V distribution cabinet,
laying on his back on the floor, when he Touched The Wrong Thing.

His parter, working in a cabinet a few yards away, heard a noice, looked
over & saw this guy's feet bouncing around. The partner bashed the
disconnect & pulled him out of the cabinet.

No heart beat.

Dead.


Good thing the other electrician knew CPR or this guy would still be dead.


He's in the IT field now, for some reason he felt the need for a career
change.


Paul Burridge )
wrote:

: The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
: had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

: p.
: --

: "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
: to write it." - Winston Churchill

--
Howard Eisenhauer on **************************************
* *
Chebucto Community Network * Can't think of anything cute *
Halifax Nova Scotia * to put in here *
* *
**************************************

Dave Holford August 8th 03 02:55 PM


Several people have and of course they are all dead.

Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due


Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could

modify it
by adding 'near' as a prefix.

course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm
driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW).
--


but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply
permenent death or can it be temporary?
Pat



The original poster must be a journalist.

Our newspaper this morning has a story about two men who were
"Electrocuted" in an industrial accident. They were treated and released
from hospital!

Dave

Dave Holford August 8th 03 02:55 PM


Several people have and of course they are all dead.

Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due


Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could

modify it
by adding 'near' as a prefix.

course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm
driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW).
--


but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply
permenent death or can it be temporary?
Pat



The original poster must be a journalist.

Our newspaper this morning has a story about two men who were
"Electrocuted" in an industrial accident. They were treated and released
from hospital!

Dave

Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' August 8th 03 03:03 PM

In article , richard.p.henry@saic
mentioned...

"Tom Sevart" wrote in message
...

"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to

stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


A Raytheon corporate legend is that one of the engineers discovered the
microwave oven principle when a radar melted a chocolate bar in his shirt
pocket.


When I was in the army at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, we trained on a radar
trainer, had a klystron that put out 1W to the horn on the top of the
unit. We could put our finger over the horn and feel it get mildly
warm from the RF.

Big deal. The Real Thing put our 5 megawatts!

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Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' August 8th 03 03:03 PM

In article , richard.p.henry@saic
mentioned...

"Tom Sevart" wrote in message
...

"WB3FUP (Mike Hall)" wrote in message
...
10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to

stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought

it
would be cute to push the radiate button.


I remember hearing the story of an Air Force tech working on a 30' radar
dish. For some dumb reason, someone energized it and promptly microwaved
him to death.

Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to
stick my tongue on a 9V battery...


A Raytheon corporate legend is that one of the engineers discovered the
microwave oven principle when a radar melted a chocolate bar in his shirt
pocket.


When I was in the army at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, we trained on a radar
trainer, had a klystron that put out 1W to the horn on the top of the
unit. We could put our finger over the horn and feel it get mildly
warm from the RF.

Big deal. The Real Thing put our 5 megawatts!

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Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' August 8th 03 03:11 PM

In article ,
mentioned...
"WB3FUP \(Mike Hall\)" wrote in message ...

10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought it
would be cute to push the radiate button.

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wb3fup
a Salty Bear


I got one of those from a marine corps radar system (TPS-22).
We were supposed to use a metal grounding rod with wooden handle
and chain to discharge the high voltage caps. I held onto the
metal rod instead of the wooden handle. The thing was off at
the time, but the caps were probably at 10KV and it knocked
me across the room.

-Bill


I think the most hair raising for me was when I was measuring the CRT
Ultor voltage with a Heathkit HV probe and the ground lead alligator
clip snapped loose. The hair on my arms started to literally raise!


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Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' August 8th 03 03:11 PM

In article ,
mentioned...
"WB3FUP \(Mike Hall\)" wrote in message ...

10KV to fire magnetron in counter battery radar. Took six marines to stop
me from burying my screw driver in the chest of the asshole that thought it
would be cute to push the radiate button.

--
73 es cul

wb3fup
a Salty Bear


I got one of those from a marine corps radar system (TPS-22).
We were supposed to use a metal grounding rod with wooden handle
and chain to discharge the high voltage caps. I held onto the
metal rod instead of the wooden handle. The thing was off at
the time, but the caps were probably at 10KV and it knocked
me across the room.

-Bill


I think the most hair raising for me was when I was measuring the CRT
Ultor voltage with a Heathkit HV probe and the ground lead alligator
clip snapped loose. The hair on my arms started to literally raise!


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http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
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changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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Michael Black August 8th 03 03:14 PM

"Ian Buckner" ) writes:
"Boris Mohar" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:05:50 -0700, "RP Henry" richard.p.henry@saic

dot
com wrote:


"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
Winfield Hill ) writes:
Paul Burridge wrote...

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has

anyone
ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have

survived?

I've had a few fatal shocks.

Thanks,
- Win


You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered

multiple
fatal shocks.

That explains the hair.


He is a cat.

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Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
Aurora, Ontario


Win just haunts this newsgroup.

Regards
Ian

;-)

So you're saying he's sort of an Obi-Wan Kenobi type? "Use
the grounding strap Luke".

Michael





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