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by a6l6e6x
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11/5/21 11:07:19 PM
11/5/21 11:07:19 PM
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New Shocking by AC is bad.
I've heard AC voltages keep you from snapping your hand away while DC voltages trigger you to snap your hand away.

I once got zapped by a black and white CRT I was trying to replace. That CRT ran at 17K volts when on. The TV was unplugged, but the CRT was not fully discharged. I was holding a screw driver and instinctively tossed it across the room when I got zapped. It's not a mistake you make more than once! :)
Alex

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Post #440,287
by pwhysall
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11/6/21 3:56:46 PM
11/6/21 3:56:46 PM
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New That's back to front, and why we switched from DC to AC.
     Track lights that are not track lights, what are they? - (crazy) - (12) - Nov. 4, 2021, 02:18:52 PM EDT
         Cable lighting? - (Another Scott) - (11) - Nov. 4, 2021, 04:21:44 PM EDT
             Yep, looks like that - (crazy) - (10) - Nov. 4, 2021, 09:40:26 PM EDT
                 All I see is that it's "low voltage" - (Another Scott) - (9) - Nov. 4, 2021, 09:53:31 PM EDT
                     "I got shocked by 120V AC as a kid" - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Nov. 4, 2021, 10:38:33 PM EDT
                         I got 330 once at work - (drook) - Nov. 5, 2021, 08:50:12 AM EDT
                         I've had the usual kisses and love taps from electrical gear at home. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2021, 12:40:51 PM EDT
                             Yeah, I got lucky - (drook) - Nov. 5, 2021, 12:43:45 PM EDT
                         Shocking by AC is bad. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2021, 11:07:19 PM EDT
                             That's back to front, and why we switched from DC to AC. -NT - (pwhysall) - Nov. 6, 2021, 03:56:46 PM EDT
                         "What's this little hole inside Daddy's workshop refrigerator?" - (CRConrad) - Nov. 9, 2021, 02:15:24 AM EST
                     Merely using the rails for clamps - (crazy) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2021, 01:05:04 AM EDT
                         Holy s***, you people are dangerous - (crazy) - Nov. 6, 2021, 07:22:23 PM EDT

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