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Old 19th Sep 2018, 12:49 am   #42
Skywave
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Default Re: Lamp limiter plus Variac tip

Yes Phil: the things which some of do in the furtherance of our science!

No, but seriously - I felt that it was high time I discovered just how much current actually 'hurt', since we've all had the occasional 'belt' now and again. Prior to my experiment, I did a bit of research on the 'Net: figures there indicted a much higher current than 2 mA before the 'YOW!' threshold was reached - although I do appreciate that that will vary from person to person. I was anticipating a current of about 15 - 20 mA.
And, finally, I take your point about RCD operation. Hopefully, I'll never need to validate your figures involuntarily!

Al.
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