At work we've had a couple of cases of people accidentally shorting
live DC busbars with their watch straps. We make power systems for
telecommunications, typically capable of producing 1,000A at 48VDC.
My watch has a leather strap...
Cheers,
- Dave
On Sep 17, 2004, at 10:36 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 16 Sep 2004 at 21:26, Les Anthis wrote:
Mine go in a pocket of their own on the side of the camera bag. So no
worries.
so what happens when you short out a NiCad? (or NiMH as that's what I
carry)
You get a lot of heat generated in the cell and likely in the
shorting load which can lead to burns and potentially explosion.
Or, if you are trying to start your bike by shorting the main battery
lead to the starter solenoid and you touch the frame with the key you
are using, you get "elaY" printed on your thumb. Yaroo!
