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From: David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: electrical deaths
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:17:58 -0000 (UTC)
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Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> writes:


>At $WORK, the more common thing was to shed all jewelry as a wedding band
>across a 100A supply will turn neatly cauterize the severed finger!
>Of course, spouses tend to have raised eyebrows when you return home
>without your wedding band in its rightful place (or, worse:  with a
>flesh-colored bandage wrapped around it!)

A mere 100A? A telco Central Office battery plant will supply
thousands through a short. See the screwdriver turn orange,

All tools were taped up in case they were dropped across
the terminals.  I recall when TI first made plastic LED
watches. Power craft guys LOVED them because with plastic bands,
they were safe to wear.
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