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To: templar
high voltages and capacitors. Hands on experience,

Reminded me of the basic electronics portion of a US Army school I attended in 65.
We'd charge up the a large capacitor to 350VDC or so,
and then toss it to another student.
The natural response is of course to catch the thrown object,
resulting in a painful discharge
into the victims hands.
Usually only once per student.
After that, "Hey Joe, catch!" resulted in the duck and weave instead
of the catch response.

Is that "hands on," enough for you? ;o)

23 posted on 01/19/2003 9:15:21 AM PST by ASA Vet ("Head shots defeat body armor" G. Gordon Liddy)
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To: ASA Vet
Is that "hands on," enough for you? ;o)

Yup. But remember that pulse discharges at 100,000 volts and about a million amps (never figured out how to actualy measure the amps) are a bit more painful. As in, maybe, missing fingers.

25 posted on 01/19/2003 9:39:12 AM PST by templar
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