I read in !emc-pstc that Price, Ed <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Tetanization', on Wed, 14 Nov 2001: >I was discussing tetanus with my wife. She checked >some of her old textbooks and found the attached >explanation of tetanus and a very good graphic. > >In the field of electric shock, tetanus is the >technical term describing what we commonly refer to >as "can't let go." > >Tetanus occurs in the range of 7 to 50 mA.
It seems to me that the actual word 'tetanus' is not used for this in Britain, maybe because of the risk of confusion with the infection. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Eat mink and be dreary! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
