Re: Inertial-dampening systems

From: Timo Nieminen (timo_at_physics.uq.edu.au)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:49:35 +1000

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Gregory L. Hansen wrote:

> Uh... I should read the link, I'm going to need some context on that. I
> know from a training video related by a colleague at Los Alamos National
> Lab that if you put your hand across the terminals of one of those big 25
> kV capacitors you won't be electrocuted-- your hand will explode.
>
> After reading to some of the war stories of the electricians, I'd gained
> a new respect for electricity. You'd be surprised how often the terms
> "bus bar" and "explosion" go together. You get copper coated eyeglasses
> if you're lucky.

Then there was the plumber who was working on a rooftop, and accidently
contacted a 110kV line with a metal pipe. The other end of the pipe was
under his arm. He survived, because his ankle acted as a fuse, exploding
and breaking the circuit. 

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