Re: DIY light source for 10X10" enlarger.

"____" <internetphobic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <gKmdnYtorKjySmPanZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> "_____" wrote:
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>> > Are you serious about even suggesting 220V for him to use?
>>
>> If it is a 220V enlarger where else do you suggest he plug
>> it in?
>>
>> It is common for large enlargers, Durst L1840 for instance,
>> to run on 220V.
>
> yes but he us trying to build the lamp house from scratch and you seem
> to advocate messing around with lethal current.
>
> Maybe you missed that Mr. Engineer.
>
Actually, there was no mention of current, only voltage. It is possible to

kill with as low as 20-30 volts, it's also possible to handle several 
thousand volts without fatal results. It's current that fries, voltage
just 
knocks your keister across the room.

I've gotten nailed by 20,000 volts from a TV picture tube with no ill 
effects (could someone please answer the phone!), and gotten badly burned
by 
30 volts from a broadcast antenna.