[Gllug] Monitors and shocks

[John Hearns]

On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 23:09, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Thu 15 May, John Hearns wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 16:11, t.clarke wrote:
> > > There is an old saw:
> > > 'Its volts that jolts, but mills that kills'
> > 
> > Yup. 
> > 
> > I can't remember the exact definition, but you also have to look at
> > the 'compliance' of a supply. That is how much current can be drawn
>    Another problem is that you do not always know what your muscles will do
> when the contact is accidental. I was told that if you really must touch
> something that could be charged, use the back of your hand to test it first
> because your natural reaction is then to pull away. 

Old hands with high voltages will work with one hand in their pockets,
or so I was told once.

As a high energy physicist, that's where I got the habit from.
So if you see me at GLLUG meetings I'm not doing suspicious things -
just protecting myself from danger.




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