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"K Wind" wrote in message
.. . Would 1,500VDC with 6mA capability flowing through one arm and out the other be considered lethal? At one time, I knew how much current was considered lethal, but have forgotten. No. It is actually quite hard to kill yourself with electrical shocks. There are tons easier and more likely things to die from in everyday life. 60Hz AC is most dangerous in the range of 100 to 300 mA. Current in that range sometimes causes ventricular fibrillation, whereas currents above that usually cause the heart to temporarily contract and protect itself. Very high currents, however, can dissipate lots of power in your organs and cook them, leading to a painful death if nothing stops the electrocution for several minutes. High frequency AC (like many kilohertz and beyond) should be less dangerous since it will be bound by "skin effect" and not penetrate as far into your chest cavity. DC is considerably safer than 60Hz AC, and I've read some estimates saying you need 4 times as much current to die from DC shocks. I don't know if I believe that though; I suspect there are too few cases to draw significant statistical conclusions. As I understand it (and I may be wrong here), DC is safer than AC because it doesn't cause ventricular fibrillation, so death by these shocks occur from organ damage and falling off ladders and things. Howard Henry Schlunder -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:25:01 -0400, scharkalvin
wrote: Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to stick my tongue on a 9V battery... That's how we tested batteries when I was a kid. 'Course there was the dufus that tried it with a 90v B battery! I'm sure when he could speak again he could tell you that there was voltage present. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:25:01 -0400, scharkalvin
wrote: Some of these stories are hair rasing... and I'm too much of a weenie to stick my tongue on a 9V battery... That's how we tested batteries when I was a kid. 'Course there was the dufus that tried it with a 90v B battery! I'm sure when he could speak again he could tell you that there was voltage present. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
In article , Gary S.
Idontwantspam@net writes: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:06:23 +0100, Paul Burridge wrote: On 10 Aug 2003 03:22:06 GMT, (Avery Fineman) wrote: I really don't know the medical-biological low threashold for direct cardiac stimulation through an opening in the chest cavity. I don't care to know. I care to know NOT to futz around with my or anyone else's body with anything above the "30-30" limits. As a general safety rule I'm sure you're right. However it does overlook the fact that different individuals have different tolerance levels, hence the fatality at 12V (the only recorded one, I believe) and that Polish electrician who checks for the presence of 230VAC by It also matters what the surface resistance of your skin is, and how good a "connection" to the nervous system and heart. For example, You could put dry fingers on a 9V battery and not feel a thing, but if you lick your fingers first, get a real tingle. Same voltage, but the moisture allows current to flow. Too bad the old "B" batteries aren't common any more. As a 15 year old (back in the prehistory of mankind) newcomer hobbyist to radio and electronics, I couldn't feel anything across the snap-on terminals of a 67 V "B" battery. Curious, I touched my tongue to them. Z A P ! ! ! ! Stunned, I waited about a half hour to get my tongue unrolled. Never EVER tried such a totally dumb idea again... In medicine, the defibrillator paddles are covered with a conductive gel, and use a precise pulse of voltage and current. In open heart procedures, lower voltage and current is used, with paddles applied directly to the heart. True enough. What is overlooked is that medical instruments, meters, appliances are all precisely calibrated-adjusted-designed- to-be-stable-in-their-settings...based on KNOWN INFORMATION to medical and biological people. Of course, disrupting the heart rhythm may happen with lower voltage, especially AC or RF. Why is being careful such a problem for some? Bravado and a general feeling of immortality. Especially true for males and once useful as a survival thing way back in time. Some actually believe their boast "It can't happen to ME!" :-( No problem for the morticians...keeps their business going. The solid-state era was born with a dangerous side-effect: Low supply voltages. High voltages of 100 to 300 VDC weren't needed with transistors. Most folks are not able to feel supply voltages under 15 V, DC or AC. As a result they get way too CASUAL about handling supply rails with the power on. "Familiarity breeds contempt," etc. When they take that casual attitude towards handling mains supplies with 115 to 230 VAC input, there's trouble just waiting to happen. It's like sticking one's hand into a snake basket...the snake may bite or it may not, depends on the snake...if it bites the bite can be deadly. Len Anderson retired and still living in the current reality after 56 years in electric things |
In article , Gary S.
Idontwantspam@net writes: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:06:23 +0100, Paul Burridge wrote: On 10 Aug 2003 03:22:06 GMT, (Avery Fineman) wrote: I really don't know the medical-biological low threashold for direct cardiac stimulation through an opening in the chest cavity. I don't care to know. I care to know NOT to futz around with my or anyone else's body with anything above the "30-30" limits. As a general safety rule I'm sure you're right. However it does overlook the fact that different individuals have different tolerance levels, hence the fatality at 12V (the only recorded one, I believe) and that Polish electrician who checks for the presence of 230VAC by It also matters what the surface resistance of your skin is, and how good a "connection" to the nervous system and heart. For example, You could put dry fingers on a 9V battery and not feel a thing, but if you lick your fingers first, get a real tingle. Same voltage, but the moisture allows current to flow. Too bad the old "B" batteries aren't common any more. As a 15 year old (back in the prehistory of mankind) newcomer hobbyist to radio and electronics, I couldn't feel anything across the snap-on terminals of a 67 V "B" battery. Curious, I touched my tongue to them. Z A P ! ! ! ! Stunned, I waited about a half hour to get my tongue unrolled. Never EVER tried such a totally dumb idea again... In medicine, the defibrillator paddles are covered with a conductive gel, and use a precise pulse of voltage and current. In open heart procedures, lower voltage and current is used, with paddles applied directly to the heart. True enough. What is overlooked is that medical instruments, meters, appliances are all precisely calibrated-adjusted-designed- to-be-stable-in-their-settings...based on KNOWN INFORMATION to medical and biological people. Of course, disrupting the heart rhythm may happen with lower voltage, especially AC or RF. Why is being careful such a problem for some? Bravado and a general feeling of immortality. Especially true for males and once useful as a survival thing way back in time. Some actually believe their boast "It can't happen to ME!" :-( No problem for the morticians...keeps their business going. The solid-state era was born with a dangerous side-effect: Low supply voltages. High voltages of 100 to 300 VDC weren't needed with transistors. Most folks are not able to feel supply voltages under 15 V, DC or AC. As a result they get way too CASUAL about handling supply rails with the power on. "Familiarity breeds contempt," etc. When they take that casual attitude towards handling mains supplies with 115 to 230 VAC input, there's trouble just waiting to happen. It's like sticking one's hand into a snake basket...the snake may bite or it may not, depends on the snake...if it bites the bite can be deadly. Len Anderson retired and still living in the current reality after 56 years in electric things |
In article , "Mike Gilmour"
writes: Maybe apocryphal but I heard that if you're stupid enough to look into an open waveguide of an active 10cm marine radar it would cause that eye to become the equivalent of a hard boiled egg. No need for a 3 minute timer then? Back when I was doing electronic instrumentation with an optics group at Rockwell, my first day in that group brought forth a caution from one of the optical physicists about lasers: "Do NOT look INTO a laser beam unless you want that to be the LAST thing you see." That was with a little 10 milliWatt laser used on their optical table for initial system calibration. Good advice I thought...and remembered it. I'm sure there are some in here who want to gabble about "open wave- guide" and it "not radiating much because it is open, represents a discontinuity, and the VSWR is so high there won't be any power radiated." Which MIGHT happen at any microwave frequency from L-band bottom (1 GHz) on up past Ku band (24 GHz+). That will depend on the wavelength of the physical waveguide opening to the microwave source. The magnetron MAY also refuse to oscillate due to a high VSWR, flash over and trip its breaker or something to not operate. Then again it MAY - with equal likelyhood - work just fine with an opening and radiate FULL power out that open waveguide. Or something in between full power and no power...a big unknown. No matter how much anyone likes hardboiled eggs, those belong in the mouth and not the eye sockets. Len Anderson still looking at the world of electric things with cautious eyes |
In article , "Mike Gilmour"
writes: Maybe apocryphal but I heard that if you're stupid enough to look into an open waveguide of an active 10cm marine radar it would cause that eye to become the equivalent of a hard boiled egg. No need for a 3 minute timer then? Back when I was doing electronic instrumentation with an optics group at Rockwell, my first day in that group brought forth a caution from one of the optical physicists about lasers: "Do NOT look INTO a laser beam unless you want that to be the LAST thing you see." That was with a little 10 milliWatt laser used on their optical table for initial system calibration. Good advice I thought...and remembered it. I'm sure there are some in here who want to gabble about "open wave- guide" and it "not radiating much because it is open, represents a discontinuity, and the VSWR is so high there won't be any power radiated." Which MIGHT happen at any microwave frequency from L-band bottom (1 GHz) on up past Ku band (24 GHz+). That will depend on the wavelength of the physical waveguide opening to the microwave source. The magnetron MAY also refuse to oscillate due to a high VSWR, flash over and trip its breaker or something to not operate. Then again it MAY - with equal likelyhood - work just fine with an opening and radiate FULL power out that open waveguide. Or something in between full power and no power...a big unknown. No matter how much anyone likes hardboiled eggs, those belong in the mouth and not the eye sockets. Len Anderson still looking at the world of electric things with cautious eyes |
When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my
cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) "Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message ... On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:56:28 -0700, Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' wrote: In article , mentioned... On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:18:38 +1000, "Alex Gibson" wrote: I think I may have experienced rf burns some years ago. Is this when you touch a metal object close to an rf field; it feels thermally *hot* enough to burn you, but when the field is killed, said object *instantly* feels normal room temperature again? No, RF burns is when the skin is actually burnt. The example above sounds more like inductive heating. If an ungrounded piece of metal is near an RF energized coil, a current is induced in it which heats it up. Somewhat similar to a microwave oven. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my
cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) "Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message ... On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:56:28 -0700, Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' wrote: In article , mentioned... On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:18:38 +1000, "Alex Gibson" wrote: I think I may have experienced rf burns some years ago. Is this when you touch a metal object close to an rf field; it feels thermally *hot* enough to burn you, but when the field is killed, said object *instantly* feels normal room temperature again? No, RF burns is when the skin is actually burnt. The example above sounds more like inductive heating. If an ungrounded piece of metal is near an RF energized coil, a current is induced in it which heats it up. Somewhat similar to a microwave oven. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' wrote:
I used to be able to do that with the nickle plated antistatic bags that parts came in back in 1980. The ohmmeter would measure several hundred ohms. But nowadays all I can measure is an open. I just tried it again, measured open even on the 200M range. Yeah, it's been like that for at least 15 years. Anti-static work mats aren't conductive either. So what principle do they use? -- -Reply in group, but if emailing please add two more zeros and delete the obvious- |
Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun' wrote:
I used to be able to do that with the nickle plated antistatic bags that parts came in back in 1980. The ohmmeter would measure several hundred ohms. But nowadays all I can measure is an open. I just tried it again, measured open even on the 200M range. Yeah, it's been like that for at least 15 years. Anti-static work mats aren't conductive either. So what principle do they use? -- -Reply in group, but if emailing please add two more zeros and delete the obvious- |
Actually, they ARE supposed to be conductive- at least to the tune of about
a megohm. In any operation that is serious about antistatic procedures, the mats, wrist straps, and other equipment are to be tested periodically. Most testers show if a mat reads open right away. If you have mats or other equipment that read open, then you have found defective hardware. Trash it. Cheers! Chip Shults My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip |
Actually, they ARE supposed to be conductive- at least to the tune of about
a megohm. In any operation that is serious about antistatic procedures, the mats, wrist straps, and other equipment are to be tested periodically. Most testers show if a mat reads open right away. If you have mats or other equipment that read open, then you have found defective hardware. Trash it. Cheers! Chip Shults My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip |
Keyboard In The Wilderness wrote:
Steel Mill Stories from the 40's (Maybe Urban Legend) Armco (now A-K) Steel in Middletown Ohio supposedly had a man (who was upset over his wife cheating on him) commit suicide by jumping into one of the soaking pits were they heat the ingots before it is rolled into sheet metal. The country artist, Tom T. Hall, wrote and recorded a song called, "The rolling mills of Middletown" about it. The company was going to sue him over it, but they never did. A friend of mine who worked there told me they had a big problem with the old vending machines, and the company that owned them refused to maintain them. Someone on night shift lost his last quarter in a Coke machine so he got back on his fork lift, rammed the forks through the machine, and dumped it into one of the empty soaking pits to watch it melt. -- Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
Keyboard In The Wilderness wrote:
Steel Mill Stories from the 40's (Maybe Urban Legend) Armco (now A-K) Steel in Middletown Ohio supposedly had a man (who was upset over his wife cheating on him) commit suicide by jumping into one of the soaking pits were they heat the ingots before it is rolled into sheet metal. The country artist, Tom T. Hall, wrote and recorded a song called, "The rolling mills of Middletown" about it. The company was going to sue him over it, but they never did. A friend of mine who worked there told me they had a big problem with the old vending machines, and the company that owned them refused to maintain them. Someone on night shift lost his last quarter in a Coke machine so he got back on his fork lift, rammed the forks through the machine, and dumped it into one of the empty soaking pits to watch it melt. -- Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
I recall having read that AC is considerably more dangerous, for the
reason that Howard stated. Furthermore, 60 Hz is just about the worst frequency. This was determined by executing dogs in less enlightened times. I've also read that Edison created and promoted the electric chair, which was run from AC, to dramatize the danger of AC over DC. He had a big investment in DC distribution systems and equipment, while Westinghouse was promoting AC power distribution. Roy Lewallen, W7EL Paul Burridge wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:26:32 -0700, "Howard Henry Schlunder" wrote: DC is safer than AC because it doesn't cause ventricular fibrillation, so death by these shocks occur from organ damage and falling off ladders and things. Funny. I was always told that DC= 'dangerous current' as it's *more* likely to cause fatalities. Perhaps someone can settle the matter? -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
I recall having read that AC is considerably more dangerous, for the
reason that Howard stated. Furthermore, 60 Hz is just about the worst frequency. This was determined by executing dogs in less enlightened times. I've also read that Edison created and promoted the electric chair, which was run from AC, to dramatize the danger of AC over DC. He had a big investment in DC distribution systems and equipment, while Westinghouse was promoting AC power distribution. Roy Lewallen, W7EL Paul Burridge wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:26:32 -0700, "Howard Henry Schlunder" wrote: DC is safer than AC because it doesn't cause ventricular fibrillation, so death by these shocks occur from organ damage and falling off ladders and things. Funny. I was always told that DC= 'dangerous current' as it's *more* likely to cause fatalities. Perhaps someone can settle the matter? -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
Sir Charles W. Shults III wrote:
Actually, they ARE supposed to be conductive- at least to the tune of about a megohm. In any operation that is serious about antistatic procedures, the mats, wrist straps, and other equipment are to be tested periodically. Most testers show if a mat reads open right away. If you have mats or other equipment that read open, then you have found defective hardware. Trash it. A mega-ohm per what unit of distance? From any point on the mat to the ground point? |
Sir Charles W. Shults III wrote:
Actually, they ARE supposed to be conductive- at least to the tune of about a megohm. In any operation that is serious about antistatic procedures, the mats, wrist straps, and other equipment are to be tested periodically. Most testers show if a mat reads open right away. If you have mats or other equipment that read open, then you have found defective hardware. Trash it. A mega-ohm per what unit of distance? From any point on the mat to the ground point? |
Actually, I should have said a megohm for a ground strap and 10 megohms or
so per square for mats. Since they are by area and not linear, the specification has to be per square. Cheers! Chip Shults My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip |
Actually, I should have said a megohm for a ground strap and 10 megohms or
so per square for mats. Since they are by area and not linear, the specification has to be per square. Cheers! Chip Shults My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip |
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:06:22 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:30:03 +1200, Barry Lennox wrote: Still the same universe though! How would you know? Damm, so how many universals are there? |
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:06:22 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 10:30:03 +1200, Barry Lennox wrote: Still the same universe though! How would you know? Damm, so how many universals are there? |
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:55:16 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Armco (now A-K) Steel in Middletown Ohio supposedly had a man (who was upset over his wife cheating on him) commit suicide by jumping into one of the soaking pits were they heat the ingots before it is rolled into sheet metal. This reminds me of the old HG Wells short story, 'The Cone' where precisely the same set of events is described in gory detail. Well worth a read... -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:55:16 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Armco (now A-K) Steel in Middletown Ohio supposedly had a man (who was upset over his wife cheating on him) commit suicide by jumping into one of the soaking pits were they heat the ingots before it is rolled into sheet metal. This reminds me of the old HG Wells short story, 'The Cone' where precisely the same set of events is described in gory detail. Well worth a read... -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:09:28 +0100, "Mike Gilmour"
wrote: When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) There's a future for you at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. :-) -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:09:28 +0100, "Mike Gilmour"
wrote: When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) There's a future for you at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. :-) -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
Avery Fineman wrote:
In article , "Mike Gilmour" writes: Maybe apocryphal but I heard that if you're stupid enough to look into an open waveguide of an active 10cm marine radar it would cause that eye to become the equivalent of a hard boiled egg. No need for a 3 minute timer then? Back when I was doing electronic instrumentation with an optics group at Rockwell, my first day in that group brought forth a caution from one of the optical physicists about lasers: "Do NOT look INTO a laser beam unless you want that to be the LAST thing you see." That was with a little 10 milliWatt laser used on their optical table for initial system calibration. Good advice I thought...and remembered it. I'm sure there are some in here who want to gabble about "open wave- guide" and it "not radiating much because it is open, represents a discontinuity, and the VSWR is so high there won't be any power radiated." Which MIGHT happen at any microwave frequency from L-band bottom (1 GHz) on up past Ku band (24 GHz+). That will depend on the wavelength of the physical waveguide opening to the microwave source. The magnetron MAY also refuse to oscillate due to a high VSWR, flash over and trip its breaker or something to not operate. Then again it MAY - with equal likelyhood - work just fine with an opening and radiate FULL power out that open waveguide. Or something in between full power and no power...a big unknown. No matter how much anyone likes hardboiled eggs, those belong in the mouth and not the eye sockets. I like this sign: "Do not look into the laser with your remaining eye ..." Rob |
Avery Fineman wrote:
In article , "Mike Gilmour" writes: Maybe apocryphal but I heard that if you're stupid enough to look into an open waveguide of an active 10cm marine radar it would cause that eye to become the equivalent of a hard boiled egg. No need for a 3 minute timer then? Back when I was doing electronic instrumentation with an optics group at Rockwell, my first day in that group brought forth a caution from one of the optical physicists about lasers: "Do NOT look INTO a laser beam unless you want that to be the LAST thing you see." That was with a little 10 milliWatt laser used on their optical table for initial system calibration. Good advice I thought...and remembered it. I'm sure there are some in here who want to gabble about "open wave- guide" and it "not radiating much because it is open, represents a discontinuity, and the VSWR is so high there won't be any power radiated." Which MIGHT happen at any microwave frequency from L-band bottom (1 GHz) on up past Ku band (24 GHz+). That will depend on the wavelength of the physical waveguide opening to the microwave source. The magnetron MAY also refuse to oscillate due to a high VSWR, flash over and trip its breaker or something to not operate. Then again it MAY - with equal likelyhood - work just fine with an opening and radiate FULL power out that open waveguide. Or something in between full power and no power...a big unknown. No matter how much anyone likes hardboiled eggs, those belong in the mouth and not the eye sockets. I like this sign: "Do not look into the laser with your remaining eye ..." Rob |
Paul Burridge wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:09:28 +0100, "Mike Gilmour" wrote: When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) There's a future for you at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. :-) As Homer would insist: "Get it right - it's noocular, noocular." It's always worried me, the way The Nuclear Briefcase gets handed to people who can't even pronounce it. -- 73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB) Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book' http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek |
Paul Burridge wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:09:28 +0100, "Mike Gilmour" wrote: When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) There's a future for you at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. :-) As Homer would insist: "Get it right - it's noocular, noocular." It's always worried me, the way The Nuclear Briefcase gets handed to people who can't even pronounce it. -- 73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB) Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book' http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek |
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An acquaintance was working on some plumbing Saturday in one of
several houses under construction in a new subdivision in Albuquerque (New Mexico), and there was a lightning strike into another of the houses, a few hundred feet away. He told me he got knocked flat and so did his helper. Albq is, as many will know, in high desert country, and the ground is *anything* but wet, so buried pipes aren't particularly useful as earth ground. This is a pretty good illustration of that. -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
An acquaintance was working on some plumbing Saturday in one of
several houses under construction in a new subdivision in Albuquerque (New Mexico), and there was a lightning strike into another of the houses, a few hundred feet away. He told me he got knocked flat and so did his helper. Albq is, as many will know, in high desert country, and the ground is *anything* but wet, so buried pipes aren't particularly useful as earth ground. This is a pretty good illustration of that. -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
Lee Leduc wrote:
Sorry for the slow response but the Internet connection to the "other side" is soooooooo slow! Yes, I have had a a fatal electric shock in the past. Yours truly, William Kemmler *SPLORFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF* Now *where*, I ask you, _WHERE_ was the C&C on that? -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
Lee Leduc wrote:
Sorry for the slow response but the Internet connection to the "other side" is soooooooo slow! Yes, I have had a a fatal electric shock in the past. Yours truly, William Kemmler *SPLORFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF* Now *where*, I ask you, _WHERE_ was the C&C on that? -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:31:14 +0100, "Ian White, G3SEK"
wrote: As Homer would insist: "Get it right - it's noocular, noocular." Is that where George W learned the pronunciation? |
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