Xref: utzoo sci.med:5751 sci.electronics:3099 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!mtunx!att!ihlpa!ihnp4!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.electronics Subject: Re: electric sleep Summary: That's 100 MILLIamperes... Message-ID: <2555@kitty.UUCP> Date: 9 Jun 88 02:50:28 GMT References: <22@<1801> <21500051@uiucdcsm> <2548@kitty.UUCP> <1687@sigma.UUCP> Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 25 In article <1687@sigma.UUCP>, bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) writes: > > The output was an adjustable, constant current supply with > >a maximum of 100 mA RMS. Connection to the subject was [...] > >[...] I don't recommend any "home experiments" on this topic. > > Uhhh.. do you mean, perhaps, 100 uA? Seeing as how fatal 60hz currents > are normally somewhere in the range of 5-20 mA, 100 mA sounds kinda high. > Or is there something I've missed? I meant what I said - the maximum output was 100 MILLIamperes; since there was a constant-current regulator, the open-circuit output voltage was something like 60 or 70 volts. Bear in mind, this device was intended for experimental use on animals only, and carried a warning on the front panel which stated: "Not for use on human beings". Incidently, according to the H-P data (ca. 1966), this device was produced the H-P Loveland, CO Division; did that division later become H-P Fort Collins? <> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York <> UUCP: {allegra|ames|boulder|decvax|rutgers|watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry <> VOICE: 716/688-1231 {hplabs|ihnp4|mtune|utzoo|uunet}!/ <> FAX: 716/741-9635 {G1,G2,G3 modes} "Have you hugged your cat today?"