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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: Exam mode in version J (var lock?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.030545.24088@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan16.125606.1940@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <1993Jan19.193729.6825@netcom.com> <1993Jan19.164320.14325@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:05:45 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.164320.14325@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan19.193729.6825@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan16.125606.1940@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
- >>>In article <4sDgXB5w165w@kf8nh.wariat.org> kf8nh@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>>But a lightning strike kills you from voltage, not RF.
- >>>
- >>>Actually, current fries you, regardless of whether it's lightning or RF.
- >>
- >>Current is always the -dependant- variable, it is a result, not a cause.
- >
- >Current isn't a cause of frying you? Current is a _result_ of frying you?
- >I think not. :-) Just kidding... I know you mean that current is the
- >result of lightning.
-
- Lets say that current is a result of the applied voltage, lightening in
- this case. Very high voltage = very high current.
-
- >It's kind of relative, though... after all, we're all going to die
- >indirectly because we were born.
-
- Which must have something to do with the topic...
-
- > At the other extreme, you can get very
- >very technical about exactly what killed you. But usually one talks about
- >the _most_ direct cause of death, which I think is the current. I'll buy
- >your argument that it's the lightning itself I guess...
-
- This was not what I said, and it is not especially meaningful to me. But
- on the brighter side, it seems to be true, in a non-specific sort of way.
-
- >>Generally, the resulting current will increase more of less linearly
- >>with the applied voltage.
- >
- >Although humans are as complex impedences, so frequency matters
- >too.
-
- Do you expect lightening to be of such high frequency that the skin
- effect need be considered? What exactly are we talking about?
-
- >60Hz (e.g., from the wall socket) is apparently just about the best
- >frequency to choose if you're trying to stop someone's heart. :-)
-
- Well gee, that is about the normal heart rate. But I would not feel
- especially safe working around 400 cycle equipment either...
-
- > Tesla
- >coils produce such a high frequency current that it literally flows over
- >the outer surface of your skin, penetrating hardly at all, so it'll never
- >get anywhere near your heart.
-
- You know, there is a general rule that if anything is gonna be accomplished
- in a discussion, both parties must be talking about the same thing. If you
- really think about it, it makes sense.
-
- >> For safety sake, avoid high voltages, and
- >>pay no attention to current arguments, which might be misleading to those
- >>who have never worked with electricity.
- >
- >Yes, good advice. Although it's hard to avoid that 10KV potential on the
- >door knob when you've been rubbing your feet across the carpet, sometimes.
- >:-) (Especially in the dry frozen tundra of Wisconsin here!)
-
- Then wear a ground strap for safety. :^} Heres a case where we have high
- voltage, electrons scattered mostly about the skin, and 0 HZ. The charge
- is static. Curiously, this is related to lightening, but not to DC and AC
- voltage sources.
-
- >>Radar -is- a microwave.
- >
- >I meant microwave in the sense of "those things we cook hot dogs in."
-
- Said microwaves being indistinguishable from the ones used by radar sets.
- You have made a distinction where there is no difference.
-
- > They
- >use a different frequency than radar dishes, though you're quite right that
- >both are technically microwaves. (Microwave ovens are tuned to create the
- >greatest loss tangent in water.)
-
- Really, then why do fats heat so much faster?
-
- >>The hypothetical "exam-mode transmitter" might be plugged into a grounded
- >>wall socket.
- >
- >Hey, I designed the exam-mode transmitter, and I'm telling you that it's
- >battery powered! (This was to prevent devious EE's from disconnecting the
- >outlet immediately prior to the exam. :-) )
-
- Ok, what frequency does it operate at? Wonder where I can dig up a spectrum
- analyzer? Then again, the HP would be the obvious place to check.
-
- > ---Joel Kolstad
-
-
- Rich
-
- payner@netcom.com
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