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- From: cjackso@nv6 (Clay Jackson)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
- Message-ID: <2516@uswnvg.uswnvg.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 19:21:37 GMT
- References: <1992Jul18.175339.10396@newstand.syr.edu>
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- feliccia@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Nicholas J Feliccia) writes:
- : .
- :
- : I am talking about kissing the flyback transformer.
- :
- Well, OK - the biggest jolt I ever personally got was in college, at the
- college radio station. I was re-wiring our request (phone) line and had
- one lead in each hand when someone called in....
-
- I picked myself up from across the room.
-
- In high school, a friend (Hey, Alan - if you're reading this, please
- reply) tried to use some diagonal cutters on a 120VAC line cord,
- unfortunately, it was still plugged in. He spent several weeks in
- "boxing glove" type bandages due to burns on his hands. It was a pretty
- neat light show.
-
- At the same high school, we had an old ASR33 teletype, complete with a HUGE
- DC power supply. Someone also had given us a bunch of 1 FARAD 24V capacitors
- (they were pretty hefty critters). We used to charge a couple up overnight
- from the '33 and then run around school drawing sparks - one guy would
- hold the cap and the other would hold 2 #4 gauge insulated wires connected
- to the cap. We could draw sparks about 6" long. One time some macho
- kid came up and grabbed the two leads just as someone was putting
- 'em together. ZAP.....
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- Clay Jackson - N7QNM
- US WEST NewVector Group Inc
- Bellevue, WA
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