An old buddy of mine grew up on a farm. When he was about 10 he decided to pee on the exposed spark plug of a running pump motor, which sparked his pump quite well, and quite painfully.
Sent from my iPhone -- Peter pjfra...@mac.com On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Don Dellmann <don.dellm...@prodigy.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <rich-m...@octoxol.com> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Does anyone know how to make a Jones Motrola _safe_? > > >> I believe I mentioned that here previously, I suspect that it was ignored >> though. >> >> On 02/23/2012 03:56 AM, Jim Nichol wrote: >>> That sounds like a brilliant guy. I was just in a course about electrical >>> safety last week. The voltage that kills the most people is 120 VAC. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:44 AM, DanKj wrote: >>> >>>> This discussion reminded me of a situation here, a few years back: The >>>> power company replaced the wires from my house to the pole, and a few >>>> months later, I happened to touch the metal pipe through which the wires >>>> ran to my meter in the cellar. ZAP! The pipe had never been attached to >>>> the meter box or my fuse/breaker box, both of which were grounded (after I >>>> grounded them - NOTHING was grounded when I moved in here!) ... Anyway, I >>>> called the company to have the thing repaired, as it was obvious that the >>>> live conductor was touching the pipe at the top. They sent Vern& Ernest, >>>> I swear. Even after I demonstrated the problem by lighting-up a 100W bulb >>>> between the pipe and a ground, one of the guys grabbed both pieces of >>>> metal& ZAPPED himself for proof! "Oh yeah, that's live." I guess he was >>>> accustomed to 120volts AC! >>>> > > Reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a Silvertone tape recorder and a Sure > brothers microphone. The tape recorder chassis was grounded to one side of > the AC. The microphone shield wire was grounded to the metal case of the > mic, and the other side to the recorder chassis. The stack vent pipe from > the bathroom downstairs ran right up through the middle of my bedroom, which > of course was an earth ground. > > Mic in one hand, lean against the pipe with the other hand. (you can guess > the rest). I wish I could say I only made that mistake once. :-( > > Don > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
