[TenTec] power went out

[Frank Kirschner]

My Ph.D. is in electrical engineering, and I majored in biomedical engineering. In our internship program at Ohio State University hospital, we were informed that around 50,000 people are electrocuted in hospitals in the US every year. Most of this is relatively low voltage, inadvertendly applied to conductors that are inside the body, either during surgery or after. Fifteen milliamps through the heart is enough to send it into fibrillation.

 In spite of the fact that I've been repairing television sets since I was 12, I would not power up an amp with the cover off. As was pointed out, all it would take is a slip of the hand, and your XYL gets your life insurance.

 73,
 Frank
 KF6E

----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Moreschi
Sent: 08/24/11 12:14 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] power went out

 A tenth of an amp is all it takes to kill. But it takes volts to make the push to make the amps. In some scenarios, it is possible for 120 volts to cause the tenth of an amp to flow to kill. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Dr. Hays, NC 28635 www.n4py.com