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Article #18873Re: Automobile shock hazard (was: shock box)
From: Paul Dietz
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1988 04:16
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1988 04:16
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From article <560001@hpcljws.HP.COM>, by jws@hpcljws.HP.COM (John Stafford): > I wouldn't quite claim it is safe to work at automobile voltage (12V) > levels. The second factor, current, comes into play here; cars may only > be 12 volts, but there are (especially when starting) quite a few amps > around. I seem to remember that if I started my old bug in a particular way, it would always give me a bit of a shock. I also seem to remember reproducing this on other bugs of the same era (1970). Unfortunately, I don't remember what the conditions were. Maybe you had to hold the metal horn bar while turning the key? Anybody got more info? Paul H. Dietz ____ ____ Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering / oo \ <_<\\\ Carnegie Mellon University /| \/ |\ \\ \\ -------------------------------------------- | | ( ) | | | ||\\ "If God had meant for penguins to fly, -->--<-- / / |\\\ / he would have given them wings." _________^__^_________/ / / \\\\-
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