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From: visjames@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Leo Bicknell)
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Subject: Re: HELP!
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Date: 19 Jan 91 22:25:49 GMT
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In article <1991Jan19.075940.26652@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes...
>In article <1991Jan19.052458.7449@wam.umd.edu> bander@wam.umd.edu (Nicholas Andrew Vargish) writes:
>>My Project is: wire my bedroom window^s screen for 110 volts.  I could
>>rig a detector and flash camera for less, but at this point, money is
>>no object, and time is critical...
> 
>I would really recommend the detector and flash camera instead.  Having
>your window pissed on is a damn nuisance, to be sure, but being sued or
>charged with assault is a much more serious nuisance.  Laying physically
>dangerous traps for trespassers -- which is more or less what you're
>proposing, with the nature of the trespass being a little unusual -- is
>highly illegal, regardless of provocation.  Use of deadly or potentially
>deadly force in self-defence is legal only when you have immediate reason
>to fear death or maiming.  We're talking years in prison here.

   Wrong-o.  If it's wired properly it should severly shock the person and
throw them back from the window.  These are AC systems.  The onces that kill
are DC systems.
   I would thik that a 60 volt, 4 amp system (AC) with a warning sign woould
be ok.
   On a side note today I was useing a metal saw (electric,recripicating(sp))
and cut through an electrical feed.  The power company said it was off, but
I hit a like 220 volt power feed (where it enters the house, before the breaker)
it melted the blade, it melted about 1"x2"x1/16" of high tempered steel.  
Powerful, lots of sparks, and a shock, but I was copletely unharmed (one hand
was on an insulated portion of the saw, the other wasn't).  Anyway., I think
you can see it's possable to shock the s*it out of someone and not hurt them.
   I also blew an hand held light 10 minutes later.  Not my dad.

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Just another day in the life........