I am 67 and I regularly get shocks from various nixie supplies I forget
to care about. I think it keeps me young, but what do I know? My wife
takes a dimmer view of getting shocks from my work bench. A good belt
from her is far worse though - have you seen her right-hander?
John S
On 28/10/2
Given my age (I'm approaching 60), I'm not taking any chances getting
shocked; one wrong zap and my heart is toasted. I usually take more
precautions than reasonable, and that's probably why I dont recall ever
being shocked working on a project. It's the everyday things (lawnmower,
fish tank)
I am 57 now and during my younger years I have been shocked by
approximately 600 VDC from a charged filter capacitor in an old tube
amplifier. I had just powered off the unit and had my hand on the metal
chassis. My needle nose pliers hit the positive on the capacitor and the
jolt was so strong
Try this one ... about 45 seconds in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDJp2tHmEQo
On 10/03/2019 15:16, Richard Arndt wrote:
... guy Gottfried involuntarily jumping off his seat while voluntarily
subjecting himself to significant shocks !!! No thank you :-)
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lephant, let alone the rest of his atrocities.
John K
Australia
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Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: How dangerous is 150V - 170V DC?
I think Eric aka T
I think Eric aka Tidak hit the nail on the head... it's not so much the
voltage as the amperage that kills you. I=V/R You can plug the variables
into ohm's law and figure it out pretty easily. With high resistance even
170V doesn't equal many amps. I think it's all about potentially how many
I will convey a story my engineering manager once told me back in the
70's. He had a friend who wanted to measure his internal body resistance.
He did so by sticking a pin through the skin on both the right and left
hand, then used a VOM (vacuum tube volt-ohm meter) to measure the
resistance.
I haven't been shocked by high voltage for a few decades, as far as I can
recall. I got zapped by a car ignition system when I was young, a few
times, and have since learned how to avoid that--even though I regularly
work on older cars. When we were young and playing with TV sets, I recall
my b
