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Article #21903Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?)
From: Jeff C. Glover
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1989 02:50
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1989 02:50
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In article <1628@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) writes: : In article <3858@orion.cf.uci.edu> jroersma@orion.oac.uci.edu (John Roersma) writes: : >... regarding shocks from electric fences. : >... : ... : You can feel free to play with it grabbing it & swinging you hand making : 'surprise' contacts.... Don't "feel free" to try this if you don't know for sure that the folks being 'surprised' aren't wearing pacemakers. Pacemakers are known to be sensitive to such voltages.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!orca.wv.tek.com!shamu!jeffg From: jeffg@shamu.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff C. Glover) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?) Summary: Don't try this with people wearing pacemakers! Keywords: electric shock Message-ID: <5593@shamu.WV.TEK.COM> Date: 29 Dec 89 02:50:18 GMT References: <3858@orion.cf.uci.edu> <1628@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 11