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by DisneyMom » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:03 am
Shorty82 wrote:I thought it was the other way around. Low voltage will hold on to you while high voltage will throw you.
That Condom catheter is starting look a little better now, isn't it?
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by GRUMPY PIRATE » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:33 am
DisneyMom wrote:That Condom catheter is starting look a little better now, isn't it?
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That, or don't expell on anything that is connected to power!!!!
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by Just Me » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:35 pm
drcorey wrote:aren't the monorails 600vDC? that would blow a kidney...
at least low voltage kicks em' free,
high voltage hangs on to make sure the job is done right.
No....the rule is DC holds onto you and AC kicks you away...and remember, it ain't the volts what gets ya...it's the amps (however high volts brings along the potential for high amps). Either way...dead is dead and I, for one, don't want to be looking at St. Peter saying, "Well, I REALLY had to go and...". I can't imagine the low-rent section of heaven reserved for folks who die from Jackass-worthy stunts.
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by hobie16 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:55 pm
Just Me wrote:No....the rule is DC holds onto you and AC kicks you away...and remember, it ain't the volts what gets ya...it's the amps (however high volts brings along the potential for high amps). Either way...dead is dead and I, for one, don't want to be looking at St. Peter saying, "Well, I REALLY had to go and...". I can't imagine the low-rent section of heaven reserved for folks who die from Jackass-worthy stunts.
And the Hertz will determine how fast you twitch while hooked up.
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by Zazu » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:04 pm
drcorey wrote:aren't the monorails 600vDC?
Yup.
at least low voltage kicks em' free,
high voltage hangs on to make sure the job is done right.
In my decades of work as an electronics technician, I've had the opportunity to get hit by both 600VDC and 12kV. Trust me, you have it backwards.
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Given a choice, I'd *much* rather grab the 12kV. There's a reason they use 600VDC in electric chairs!
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by hobie16 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:28 pm
Zazu wrote:There's a reason they use 600VDC in electric chairs!
We used that for radar sets in the Army. One of my guys decided to hook up a radar generator to a 110 VAC cable to see what would happen. He blew out every light bulb and coffee pot in the brigade area. We told the officer's that were caffeine deprived it was a power surge. :twisted:
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by Shorty82 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:32 pm
hobie16 wrote:We used that for radar sets in the Army. One of my guys decided to hook up a radar generator to a 110 VAC cable to see what would happen. He blew out every light bulb and coffee pot in the brigade area. We told the officer's that were caffeine deprived it was a power surge. :twisted:
Well, it was a power surge. Just not from a normal cause.
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by hobie16 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:40 pm
Shorty82 wrote:Well, it was a power surge. Just not from a normal cause.
It was more like a death pulse. :twisted:
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by drcorey » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:53 pm
Embarasssing?
bending over to get something on the ground in front of a guest,
and letting one rip nice and loud.....
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by Ms. Matterhorn » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:58 pm
One evening I was working on the Matterhorn. I took my lunch around 8. Back in the day, the Inn Between had delicious food! I savored my BBQ beef sandwich and went back to the ride to work the rest of my shift until midnight. When I got home and looked in the mirror, I had a big blob of barbecue sauce on my face! I worked the whole evening wearing it and nobody told me! I'm sure my friends had a good laugh behind my back!
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