Re: Flat screen monitor

At 14:32:15 on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 Johnny B Good opined:-

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At 16:02:21 on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 Johnny B Good opined:-

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At 11:03:31 on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 Dave J. opined:-

In MsgID<313030303737303647C5D3D222@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wed, 27
Feb 2008
21:19:14 GMT, in uk.comp.homebuilt, 'Johnny B Good' wrote:

There is a difference, though. The 30Kv charge on the Leyden Jar
capacitor (the picture tube) used to smooth the EHT can be
sufficient to
fibrillate the heart, which, in the absence of immediate help, can kill
you if the heart doesn't defibrillate of its own accord in short order.

Oops, I hadn't thought of the DC/AC difference, that's
significant. Maybe
disregard my comparison earlier..

I've had my share of shocks in my time. The most severe one was at just
12 v DC from a hefty capacitor.

I suspect, not so much an electric shock as an electrically instigated
shock from the molten globs of copper (or whatever shorted out that
'hefty' capacitor :-).

No, it was only me who shorted it out. And nothing blew up.

Let me guess. You touched its terminals against your tongue? :-)

Wrong. As it was over fifty years ago I'm not too sure of the precise
details now, but it was probably touching the terminal with one hand and
earth with the other hand - or finger and finger.
--
Thoss
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