Re: [MBZ] Block heater pyrotechnics

[Loren Faeth]

Naa, just a tickle.  !20V  grounded through a person to the Mississippi 
river will get said person's attention, but it is not generally fatal.  I 
knew a guy who ran a hardware store.  He kept a cord with bare wires.  He 
would hold one wire in each hand to show people it is only a tickle.  He 
would regularly challenge disbelievers to take the wires in their bare hands.

Boy oh boy, is this bum advice. The cost of that cord is inconsequential.
>From the description it's clear that the insulation has worn through 
after all
those years and patching it together to save pennies is nuts. Suppose you
plugged it in and suddenly you have 120V AC standing on the car's chassis, 
just
waiting for someone to touch it. Can you spell electrocution?

RLE