Discharging CRT anode and capacitors on a VT52 DECscope

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Fri May 28 14:02:29 2004

> >Probably as much POWER as a nine-volt battery or two. If it had much
> >more, it would have been an unsafe display, as it's S.K.O.P. (*) to
> >either not see, or ignore, or spite, safety warnings, and kid science
> >museums certainly know that!

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 15:53, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

> There is quite enough energy in a normal 9 volt battery to
> kill a person. It might need a little conversion but
> the total amount of energy stored there is quite large.
> I would suspect that there is several times less energy in\

YES yes yes... but you have to admit this argument is a bit pedantic.My
point was casual, and I imagine the list of people murdered with 9V
radio batteries is rather short.
Received on Fri May 28 2004 - 14:02:29 BST