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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.191904.4211@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <H0TmoB8w164w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:19:04 GMT
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- dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (dogbowl) writes:
- : >
- : > I still have the burn scars on my right had from shorting out the HV leads
- : > of a tv transformer. It is also the worst shock I ever received.
- : >
- :
- : a co=worker at a shortwave transitting station I was working at put his
- : hand on top of one of the small transmitters while he was tuneing it up.
- :
- : The RF jumped about 1 foot to his wrist and grounded out thru his other
- : arm. Amazingly he survived, but he had very nasty burns right down to the
- : bone on one arm. Cooked flesh looks and smells disgusting!
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- Even worse, it takes forever to heal.
-
- Bill
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