Re: Tingles from power supply

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From: F Murtz
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:25

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FunkyPunk FieldEffectTrollsistor wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:40:21 +1100, Sylvia Else
> <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I remember an instance when I was working in an office in the UK. I 
>> noticed that my electric kettle's neon light stayed on even when the 
>> mains power point switch was off. Clearly the powerpoint was wired up 
>> the wrong way round.
> 
> 
>   Wrong.  Neons excite at 90V.  That voltage can float around more than
> you might like to think, particularly with no load, which such a bulb
> barely presents.
Now we are calling neons bulbs

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