[TenTec] Electric safety

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 19:06 -0500, Richards wrote:
> Gee, Doctor G...  a rather sobering reminder of the
> danger involved.
> 
> My friends laughed at me when I hired an electrician to
> finish some work I had started - just adding extra lines
> and wall outlets in the basement - but hired an electrician
> to review, test, and complete the hookup in the "fuse box."

A good electrician also works faster than I do and does a neater job,
especially bending conduit.
> 
> You and the electrician understand - and I don't mind his
> laughing on his way to the bank with my check.
> 
> My charity club had a speaker recently... we purchased
> a defibrillator for the local fire dept, and they saved his
> life with it.  His stopping in to say thanks for the donation
> made our efforts seem worthwhile.

Its great to hear that there WAS a defibrillator. Its greater that the
machines are easier to use and far more affordable than they were 10 or
20 years ago. There are campaigns to get defibrillators at all places of
public assembly, like malls, churches, schools, and business buildings.
Might partly be a way for the makers to sell more of them, but when the
brain has only 4 minutes of life without circulating blood, you can't
wait for one to be hauled from the FD across town.
> 
> 
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73, Jerry, K0CQ