Whenever I entered the Cockroft-Walton cage (480 KV at ~ 100 mA DC - with a bouncer for regulation to a fare-thee-well) I most carefully lodged the heavy.. 4/0 cable-connected grounding hook in place, then hit each stack of PSs with the lighter ground rod. No contempt with familiarity.. There.

Wimpy computers.. a mere 7 KV!

Er the tankered bolling shims are a feature of The Turbo-Encabulator in Industry, a fine lampoon orig. from a GE engr. (?) maybe in late '40s. I have a copy somewhere and maybe it's hit the web. Too lazy to ask Google. Believe Turbo was mentioned years ago in a IWE thread, too.

Another feature from Turbo- needing a modern application:

hydrocoptic marzelvanes - possibly these could be adapted to provide security, in future M$ OSs. (Certainly nothing actually existing.. could.)


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