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From: alanj@orca.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.misc
Subject: Re: Jacob's Ladders
Message-ID: <2169@orca.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-Oct-86 13:01:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: orca.2169
Posted: Fri Oct  3 13:01:55 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Oct-86 07:36:23 EDT
References: <1188@ncr-sd.UUCP> <609@athena.UUCP>
Reply-To: alanj@orca.UUCP (Alan Jeddeloh)
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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In article <609@athena.UUCP> johne@athena.UUCP (John F. Ewing Jr.) writes:
>  ...  I think that my loving parents used that opportunity to dispose
>of the transformer (it was probably for the best).  I have kept my
>eyes open for another one ever since.  By the way, THEY ARE VERY
>DANGEROUS!

Not only are they dangerous electically, but they also produce copious
amounts of ozone (O(3)).  They should only be run with adequate ventilation.
When I was in college, some friends of mine built and ran one in their
dorm room (it was Halloween).  After spending about half an hour there one
evening, I had to leave -- nausia, headache, etc.  Prolonged exposure can
cause more serious health problems.

	-Alan Jeddeloh
	Tektronix ... (what-division-am-I-in-now?)
	Wilsonville, OR
	tektronix!orca!alanj