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From: jeffg@shamu.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff C. Glover)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?)
Summary: Don't try this with people wearing pacemakers!
Keywords: electric shock
Message-ID: <5593@shamu.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 29 Dec 89 02:50:18 GMT
References: <3858@orion.cf.uci.edu> <1628@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <1628@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michielsen) writes:
: In article <3858@orion.cf.uci.edu> jroersma@orion.oac.uci.edu (John Roersma) writes:
: >... regarding shocks from electric fences.
: >...
: ...
: You can feel free to play with it grabbing it & swinging you hand making
: 'surprise' contacts....

Don't "feel free" to try this if you don't know for sure that the folks
being 'surprised' aren't wearing pacemakers.  Pacemakers are known to be
sensitive to such voltages.