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    You get zapped when you assemble the thing or if you don't properly insulate the connections. A well done finished product will never zap anyone. And even if you get zapped, the current is so low, there is no danger. Maybe it would be a good ideea to let your boys see what it feels like, so they learn the proper respect for electricity and never stick a nail in a wall outlet. I've been considering doing it to my 5 year old, but it just seems so cruel. Still thinking about it - it is a powerful lesson after all, and harmless.

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    Thanks for letting me know,I was curious.As far as cruel....maybe a licking a 9 volt would be better.[]

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    <font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="2"><font color="red">Unless you like that sort of thing[]...

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    <font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font color="purple">You guys are wimps. lol

    I've been shocked so many times that I hardly feel it anymore. House hold current is barely a tingle to me.

    I do admit that it does sting when an inverter zaps you. I have one that's too large to fit inside a saber that I use to test my wire during every stage of blade construction. I want to know immediately if one of the fine wires breaks or there is any other problem. So I just have the bare wires that I put onto the wire or connector. There's a lot of potential for me to shock myself that way. [] Maybe I like, I don't know.

    But I used to work on circuit boards and computer monitors and got shocked all the time, so I guess I'm used to it.

    Once, on a monitor I was working on, I forgot to discharge the anode on the CRT and got zapped by over 200,000 volts. [:0] I'm still alive because I wasn't grounded and amperage was low. That one definietly hurt. My heart didn't like it much either. [xx(]</font id="purple"> </font id="Verdana"> </font id="size3">

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    Isn't 200,000 volts enough to stop your heart?[:0]

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    I dont know if 200,000 volts will kill you, its not the volts that kill its the amps. Trust me I know (8 degrees in the automotive field). It is however enough to scare the crap out of you. This I know from personal experience as well. I have been shocked more times than I can count by vehicles. Cars run on 12 volts, however certian componants within it ramp up power to staggering limits (such as the coil & distributer). I once took around that same amount through my finger, down my torso, and out to ground to the fender through well, lets just say "my personal lightsaber" as my wife would say. Charred the hell out of my pants and the fender---NOT FUN!!! Just thought I would share my voltage story...

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    volts aren't what kills you, amps are.

    i am a nerd, if you don't like it, i will cut you with my lightsaber

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    i am like loreen electricity rarly phases me i am like one of the guys off of the show Jackass or viva la bam or wildboyz. i been shocked by a bunch of different tazers including police grade. and have been maced and pepper sprayed.

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    At least nobody can claim that you haven't lived.

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    hey stan did you used to play star wars galaxies

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