>
>Phil said:
>
>>The HV contacted his watch band, and "welded" his arm to the B+.
>
>I NEVER have a metal watch strap. I saw a guy at Marconi wear one while
>standing
>in front of a 30kW rig with the covers off. He was taking notes on his
>clipboard, with his arm in line with the the tank coil and about 2 feet away.
>The induced circulating current gave him a very nasty burn.
>
>There's a whole slew of people have had sparks to metal watchbands from car
>batteries, too.
>
At the helo maintence area of the Pacific Missile Range at Point Mugu,
CA, some turkey's metal watchband got across the high-current Ni-Cad
electric starter battery. There was a flash and bang. The hand landed a
few feet away.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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