snipped-for-privacy@care2.com coughed up some electrons that declared:
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Yep - more of an electrocution risk...
There was something to be said for the lead sheathed variety - at least it would fail safe (assuming the lad was still earthed properly).
Cheers
Tim
Length of cable with the ends bared, one end fastened to chicken wire or a biscuit tin buried in the soil, the other end fastened around the leg of the lad in question.
Steve Firth coughed up some electrons that declared:
Hehe
Why don't they make keyboards like they used to?
It's ozone that does for the rubber. Exposed ends at light switchs were particularly vulnerable, but there are small amounts of ozone in most places even when not near a source of arcing.
Mechanical telephone exchanges were pretty instant death for any rubber, so they couldn't contain any, and that's partly why things like cotten or paper insulation were used for so long in telephony (or to be more strictly correct, air insulation, paper spaced).
why dont you pay the amount for keyboards that you used to :)
My 486 never misses a beat. While that has worked flawlessly I've seen several modern machines come and die. The dino probably cost 10x as much.
NT
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