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[Doc Shipley]

Gene Buckle wrote:
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>>   Don't be scare of CRTs, they bite but don't hurt :o)
>>
> Alexandre, the only thing I've ever been "bit" by was 115V AC @400Hz.  
> The pain isn't something you can describe in civlized company.  My arm 
> hurt for days.  That incident is what my paranoia is calibrated 
> against.  From what I've been told, 60Hz AC or regular DC is a giggle in 
> comparison.  I'm not going to test the theory. :)

   I squatted down to get a line-of-sight on some jig clamps once, and 
reted my butt on the welding rod I had just dropped on the floor.  220V 
AC welder, set at about 90A, and I was standing in a puddle of water and 
resting wet gloves on the grounded jig table.

   It was NOT an experience I'd like to repeat.  That table weighed 
about 400 pounds, and my work mates said I lifted the end off the floor. 
  The obvious injury was fairly painful, but pulling every muscle from 
my ears down was much, much worse.  I didn't walk, stand, or even sit 
right for weeks.


	Doc