Re: Yet another safety note...

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Yet another safety note...
• From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:10:48 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:


> >  You can get zapped using only one hand if your feet are grounded.
> >  So keep one hand and both feet in your pocket. -JHC
> 
> John, I would hope that most of us are smart enough to be wearing rubber
> soled sneakers or the like when working with any kind of electronics!
> -Alfred A. Skrocki

One should not depend on the dielectric strength 
of shoe soles, given their unspec'd electrical
properties, and their unknown content of conductive
foreign objects.  My various shoes breakdown 
between 4kV (Blunstones) and 19kV (hiking boots).
-- 


-GL
www.lod-dot-org

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