[TheForge] computer power pack

Sun Sep 8 16:55:01 2002

25ma will do the trick if you have a good connection. Possibly 
apocryphal story told by Navy basic electricity instructors many 
moons ago concerned a young man who wanted to measure the resistance 
of his blood stream used two needles on multimeter probes and 
inserted one in each hand and promptly dropped dead from the current 
provided by 1.5v D cell battery in multimeter!  So if you are going 
to play with electrons be careful.

Jim

>     I believe that 100 milliamps across the chest is almost always
>fatal. Many annual electrical safety classes during my term with
>IBM.
>
>Bob Willman
>The Eagle's Anvil
>Bowling Green, Ohio
>WB8NQW
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>>  Just use commomn sense when dealing with electricity. The voltages found
>in
>>  these components can be dangerous, especially if you are older or have
>heart
>>  poroblems now. Even a healthy young man can be injured. I have acquired a
>>  permanent arrythmia from a bout with a 4000 volt focus amp power supply in
>a
>>  profesional video display... twice in 5 minutes. (A cracked bleed down
>>  resistor)........ if you have no experience with electrical work or
>>  electronics...stay away. As I recall from school 250 milliamps can be
>deadly.
>>
>>          Ted Jones   ( 20 plus years experience in electronics and
>computers)
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