[SOC] Re: [autotrax] OT _ TO-220 proper installation?

Paul Bartlett [email protected]
Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:44:04 -0000


>
>       Why the left??   Does this only apply to those of the right-
>       handed persuasion?   Or is it to do with the location of the
>       heart?
>

Received wisdom has it that the most dangerous kind of shock is left arm to
right leg because the heart's in the way. I'm not sure how good the science
is but it certainly seems sensible.

>       And don't people look at you suspiciously when you do this?

<grin> Possibly, but when dealing with colour TV line output stages I'd
rather suffer humiliation than fibrillation.

P :-)