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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
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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?

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