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  • Interesting. I looked it up. 48 up to 90 volts DC. Might affect a

    From Charles Pierson@2:460/58 to August Abolins on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 23:35:11
    DC ought not to kill me. I'm going to try to drag the wire across the tree branches with a gripper (used to pick up things from the floor). If y'all don't hear from me tomorrow you will know what happened. LOL

    Interesting. I looked it up. 48 up to 90 volts DC. Might affect a pacemaker. Slightly different than our old field phones in the Army. I think the handcrank generated around 120 volts. It certainly let you know if someone tried using them while you were splicing a break....

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  • From August Abolins@2:460/58 to Charles Pierson on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 23:39:11
    Interesting. I looked it up. 48 up to 90 volts DC. Might affect a pacemaker. Slightly different than our old field phones in the Army. I think the handcrank generated around 120 volts. It certainly let you know if someone tried using them while you were splicing a break....

    A tech once told me that you can get a jolt when a call comes through. But that's usually when you're working with bare wires.

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  • From Charles Pierson@2:221/6.21 to August Abolins on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 15:47:52
    Hello, August Abolins.
    On 10/28/20 11:39 PM you wrote:

    Interesting. I looked it up. 48 up to 90 volts DC. Might affect
    a pacemaker. Slightly different than our old field phones in the
    Army. I think the handcrank generated around 120 volts. It
    certainly let you know if someone tried using them while you were
    splicing a break....
    A tech once told me that you can get a jolt when a call comes
    through. But that's usually when you're working with bare wires.

    That's true, but in practice it's never a good idea to fool around with wires.

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  • From August Abolins@2:333/808.7 to Charles Pierson on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 23:02:40
    Hi Charles!

    28 Oct 20 15:47, you wrote to me:

    A tech once told me that you can get a jolt when a call comes
    through. But that's usually when you're working with bare wires.

    That's true, but in practice it's never a good idea to fool around
    with wires.

    Mission aborted. I can't get high enough on the steel gates next to the tree to reach the wire with the gripper. I am about 1 foot short. One more rung on the gate could probably do it, but I wouldn't be able to lean onto the gate with my legs very well if I was higher. Considering the length of the wire/cable (and by the amount of visual slack) the cable could be pretty heavy to pull anyway.

    I think my next option it to just call the power company to turn off the electrical to the house, and atleast saw down the remaining tree that is holding up the phone wire. Then maybe the power-company field guys can secure the phone wire to clear the public road.


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  • From August Abolins@2:333/808.7 to Charles Pierson on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 23:11:45
    Hi Charles!

    28 Oct 20 15:47, you wrote to me:

    Interesting. I looked it up. 48 up to 90 volts DC. Might affect
    a pacemaker.

    No risk there in that department.


    Slightly different than our old field phones in
    the Army. I think the handcrank generated around 120 volts. It
    certainly let you know if someone tried using them while you
    were splicing a break....

    A you know, it's not the voltage that kills, it's the amperage. I had an electrical tech in my shop to work on replacing the ballasts of the overhead lights. He worked completely with the live wires - and thus not needing to disrupt the normal lighting required when customers were around.



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  • From Charles Pierson@2:221/6.21 to August Abolins on Thursday, October 29, 2020 09:43:15
    Hello, August Abolins.
    On 10/28/20 11:11 PM you wrote:

    Slightly different than our old field phones in
    the Army. I think the handcrank generated around 120 volts.
    It certainly let you know if someone tried using them while you
    were splicing a break....
    A you know, it's not the voltage that kills, it's the amperage. I
    had an electrical tech in my shop to work on replacing the
    ballasts of the overhead lights. He worked completely with the
    live wires - and thus not needing to disrupt the normal lighting
    required when customers were around.
    Yes, I'm aware. I've often worked on live wires, switching out plugs or switches or other fixtures or equipment. It's very possible to do it safely, but still not generally a good idea.

    Electricity has become something a lot of people take for granted, and luckily tend to call trained people to deal with. I was lucky when I was younger, and was taught a lot by a Master Electrician when he was hired to help us set up the equipment at a new company I worked for. I was just an idiotic youngster who never bothered to take the certification exams.

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