Re: Flyback burn

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>


 >  > Hi All,
 >  >
 >  > I think it is summed up pretty well in the post, The
 >  > Ten Commandments of
 >  > Electronic Safety.  V.  Tarry not amongst those who
 >  > engage in intentional
 >  > shocks, for surely they are nonbelievers and not
 >  > long for this world.
 >  > I know this may seem smart___, but it's kept me
 >  > alive.
 >  >
 >  > David E Weiss
 >
 > Ok, I don't know about the other guy's, but my flyback
 > RF burn was *accidental*.  Believe me, with the amount
 > of current that unit was evidentaly outputing, I
 > didn't plan on getting hit, but due to a careless slip
 > up on my part, it happened anyway.

I think the best advice that we can give on on this is, ELECTRICITY AND
HUMAN FLESH DON'T MIX PERIOD.  I recently read a Darwin award where some
navy boy killed himself with a Simson 260 meter.  He stuck both probes thru
the skin to get a resistance measurement.  More or less he killed himself
with not much greater power than a 9V battery.( it could be less )

Myself, I have been hit majorly twice, one by a tv set I was adjusting, and
once by a dimmer in which the breaker was supposedly off. ( bad breaker )
Anyone that has taken a hit from anything greater than static, should be
glad he has lived to tell about it.

David E Weiss