3 Jun
1998
3 Jun
'98
4:17 p.m.
At 12:58 AM 04-06-98 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
Not _that_ far - less than an inch, I'd have
thought. And remember that
the EHT side is pretty well insulated, so you're not going to touch it by
accident.
I seem to recall that the ionization potential of air at STP is something
like 10KV/cm, so 17KV might nearly jump an inch on a good day with a tail
wind.
If you really need to know I'll give my Dad a ring - he's a retired
ionization physicist who used to play with real big Van der Graf generators
(by really big I'm talking 10m tall and 5MeV - used to generate real big
sparks!).
I've never zapped myself with HT, but have successfully survived connecting
myself to 240V 50Hz - don't try this at home folks (or anywhere else) - it
hurts....
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