I think it's the current that can really kill you not so much the volts. Static electricity can be hundreds of thousands of volts... But there isn't much current there. Take 4 or 5 amps at almost any voltage and it can pretty easily kill you.
Bill On Mon, Oct 28, 2019, 7:21 PM Charles MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2019-02-01 3:19 a.m., Thomas Kummer wrote: > > Or, is it the fact that 150-170V DC isn’t as dangerous as everyone > makes it out to be? I mean either way I know I should be more careful. I > guess what I’m getting at is what are the chances of me accidentally doing > any significant harm to myself from a Nixie project? > > > > it is not the Voltage that gets you but the current. !!! > > dry hands and series resistance can keep the current down to levels that > you can survive... > > -- > Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario > [email protected] Just Beyond the Fringe > No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/ucm_Bztd0s0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/e007f090-783b-ea89-a699-2e555f7c7a73%40zeusprune.ca > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CADToqn12Bz2vinF8%3DjDbumb4%2B9qWUM5rk0K_p%2BHunFzkg4mcfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
