On 2019-02-01 3:19 a.m., Thomas Kummer wrote:
Or, is it the fact that 150-170V DC isn’t as dangerous as everyone makes it
out to be? I mean either way I know I should be more careful. I guess what I’m
getting at is what are the chances of me accidentally doing any significant
harm to myself
> On Oct 28, 2019, at 11:49 AM, Robert G. Schaffrath
> wrote:
>
> On the AC side, I have been shocked by 10,000 VAC from an oil burner
> transformer and 15,000 VAC from a large neon sign transformer. All basically
> lucky situations where I was thrown clear from the source.
In High School a
I am 67 and I regularly get shocks from various nixie supplies I forget
to care about. I think it keeps me young, but what do I know? My wife
takes a dimmer view of getting shocks from my work bench. A good belt
from her is far worse though - have you seen her right-hander?
John S
On
Given my age (I'm approaching 60), I'm not taking any chances getting
shocked; one wrong zap and my heart is toasted. I usually take more
precautions than reasonable, and that's probably why I dont recall ever
being shocked working on a project. It's the everyday things (lawnmower,
fish tank)
I am 57 now and during my younger years I have been shocked by
approximately 600 VDC from a charged filter capacitor in an old tube
amplifier. I had just powered off the unit and had my hand on the metal
chassis. My needle nose pliers hit the positive on the capacitor and the
jolt was so
