[Boatanchors] Funny Blue Glow

[rbethman]

It had ZERO to do with the UV!

The badge was UNDER a heavy leather jacket!

It was even tested, and CONFIRMED to be the High Frequency that allows 
the TIG to start without touching!

I do believe that having also been a certified welding inspector, AND a 
Nuclear Certified Welder in position 6G up to 18" stainless steel put me 
in a much better position to *KNOW* what is involved with the variations 
of welding and the equipment in use.

I never got a burn from the UV in either TIG, MIG, or SMAW!

I would also say that I *NEVER* stated that welding gave off X-rays!  
Voltages are "very" low, but have fairly high current.  The current is 
set to the required procedures that apply.  Certified welding has a very 
strict procedure for the process!

I have so many hours doing it that it isn't even remotely funny!  I 
burned off one side of a mustache doing one bead.  It was going too good 
to stop and put out the mustache!

Bob - N0DGN


On 4/21/2014 1:43 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Almost certainly, the fogging due to TIG was the high UV output of the
> arc. It'll give your arms a 'sunburn' in a minute or less. Been there.
>
> The plastic case of the film badge was probable visibly opaque, but leaked
> in the UV.
>
> A TIG does not give off x-rays.
>
> -John
>
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>
>> Ray,
>>
>> I firmly believe in the KISS Principle!
>>
>> It is an easy and quick way to determine if it is or it isn't.
>>
>> I used to drive the folks that read my old film badges nuts!  The high
>> frequency used in Heliarc, (Tig), welding used to cause it to show a
>> ridiculous reading.
>>
>> They finally figured it out.  I then had to leave it with a co-worker
>> that was away from my welding.  Sheesh!  You'd have thought that they
>> believed I should have glowed in the dark!
>>
>> Bob - N0DGN
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/21/2014 1:14 PM, Raymond Cote wrote:
>>> Great idea Bob!!!
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate
>>> those who speak it.
>>>
>>>
>>> -George Orwell
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 21, 2014, at 12:13, "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net
>>> <mailto:rbethman at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> See if you can weasel one of those X-ray pieces that they stick in
>>>> your mouth.
>>>>
>>>> Tape it to the side of the tube.
>>>>
>>>> You can get it processed at a Walgreens.
>>>>
>>>> Bob - N0DGN
>>>>
>>>>
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