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From: phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Automobile shock hazard (was: shock box)
Message-ID: <1134@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: 16 Mar 88 04:16:30 GMT
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Keywords: Shocking Volkswagens!


From article <560001@hpcljws.HP.COM>, by jws@hpcljws.HP.COM (John Stafford):
> I wouldn't quite claim it is safe to work at automobile voltage (12V)
> levels.  The second factor, current, comes into play here; cars may only
> be 12 volts, but there are (especially when starting) quite a few amps
> around.

I seem to remember that if I started my old bug in a particular way,
it would always give me a bit of a shock. I also seem to remember
reproducing this on other bugs of the same era (1970). Unfortunately,
I don't remember what the conditions were. Maybe you had to hold the
metal horn bar while turning the key? Anybody got more info?

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