12 Jul
2005
12 Jul
'05
7:26 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Still burns and leaves the God-awefullest metal taste
in your mouth when
you get hit with a ring surge, You sure its AC? Doesn't make sense,
but voltage on my meter would jump up from 48-52vdc to around 78-80vdc
on the DVM
Yes, it's AC. That's why it hurts. DC would feel strange perhaps but not
like AC. The reason you saw voltage at 80VDC is because your digital
meter samples slowly.
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