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Article #16Re: My take on TIAC <delurk>
From: Martin Hannigan
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
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In article <4mqdff$nsl@northshore.shore.net>, David Chesler <chesler@shore.net> wrote: >In article <318f8630.16876879@news.tiac.net>, >selpro <selpro@pop.tiac.net> wrote: >>On 7 May 1996 10:38:33 -0400, chesler@shore.net (David Chesler) wrote: > > This is true, and it does hurt. But generally it's considered >safe to work with live phone wires, they aren't covered by the electric >code, and so forth. I'm not sure I believe it's 90. I think it's more like 15v. If you grab both the tip and ring, you'll feel the current. I've felt the current on more than one occasion considering my occupation and I can attest that if it was 90 or above, I would've known <grin>. Then again, I KNOW what 120 feels like for sure, but not 90. I guess someone could look on the bottom of their analog set and validate the voltage. -- Martin Hannigan (hannigan@shore.net) PGP Fingerprint: F9 CF 9C 9F E4 CD E0 D5 50 86 93 CA 0C EB 8F 10
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