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To: Morgana

I had a rule when experimenting with electricity and electronics as a kid.

Nothing over what a 9V battery could put out. Never use power from the wall, even on the other side of a power brick.


4 posted on 04/20/2016 4:53:21 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

I’ve read where a 9volt battery can kill you by interfering with heart rhythms, one finger of your left hand on one button and one finger of your right hand on the other. The electricity passes from your left through your heart to the right.


7 posted on 04/20/2016 5:01:19 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: VanDeKoik

“Nothing over what a 9V battery could put out. Never use power from the wall, even on the other side of a power brick.”

To this day, I am not in favor of working with anything over 24 volts. I’ve replaced a few picture tubes in TV’s, but I wasn’t enthused about it. I hate shocks.


19 posted on 04/20/2016 5:29:01 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: VanDeKoik

I had a friend who did all sorts of electric arc experiments. His “shop” looked like the Frankenstein set when he lit it up! His electric arc was strong enough to mess up all TV reception for several blocks.

That was fifty three years ago.


48 posted on 04/20/2016 6:24:28 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: VanDeKoik

I had a rule when experimenting with electricity and electronics as a kid.

Nothing over what a 9V battery could put out. Never use power from the wall, even on the other side of a power brick.>>> yes but you just love the amps. I built electric chairs with screens on the seat a model t coil and a 6 volt battery two screens on the seat and a button. weeeeeeeeeeeee


50 posted on 04/20/2016 6:35:13 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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