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Vietnam veteran & static shock

Hello everyone, I'm a veteran's service officer in need of some help. I'm working with a Vietnam veteran and I am trying to get him a s/c disability rating. He hooked up slings to helecopters during...

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As a layman I would have to give a thumbs down on this claim. I have seen videos of people being tased and they just fall. I would say that a taser charge is close if not more tahn a high static...

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gerit1942, welcome to the VBN Mary

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mprise wrote: gerit1942, welcome to the VBN Mary Thanks mprise but I have to confess that I had to re-register as gerit1942 because none of my moe1942 login info would let me in. Thanks to miltstar...

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....Thanks mprise but I have to confess that I had to re-register as gerit1942 because none of my moe1942 login info would let me in. Thanks to miltstar and vol I got with yuku and they have...

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Sorry cruiser, but I'm getting off base. I have to say something. As a former correctional officer we used tasers and electric sheilds, stun guns, and electric belts and during training we were...

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2cats3dogs wrote: Sorry cruiser, but I'm getting off base. I have to say something. As a former correctional officer we used tasers and electric sheilds, stun guns, and electric belts and during...

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I agree cruiser, someone else stated that a taser might be like a high static charge. I said I was getting off base cause you said the thread had gotten off track and you were as guilty as everyone...

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You should mention it to the Wal Mart folks. Those freezers and reefers usually have a ground strap to bleed off any stray voltages. They sometimes get corroded because of moisture during washdowns or...

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Thanks witchdoctor I thought it was just static electricity. 2cats

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witchdoctor is absolutely correct. If you obtain a shock from the body of any electrical device there is a fault in grounding within the device. Speaking of static electricity--of course, once you...

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Getting back on track. I have always been told that there must be a nexus in order to establish a valid claim. If his SMR's show where he was treated for exposure to high voltage or any injury...

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I myself was a shore party specialist in the Marines in the early 1980's and can tell you first hand that during that time we did not use grounding rods and that getting shocked was very common....

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volts x current = watts....................it takes a 1/4 amp to kill you....................... voltage is the potential to push that current thru you........ but when dealing with high voltage that...

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Just a few corrections... electrocution is "death" by electricity. period. tasers are effectively the same as static electricity...high voltage, low current. current electricity vs static...

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first if you touch 120 volts its whats going to get you not 10kv..................a capcitor only charges to the source voltage............however it can get whats called voltage...

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markw1968 wrote: Just a few corrections... electrocution is "death" by electricity. period. I was being facetious. I assumed that it would be obvious. I guess I assumed wrong. current electricity vs...

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cruiser, ive never heard of such a thing..............in my years working in and around electricity ive never ever seen static build enuf to knock anyone anywhere..................its practically...

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FM 57-38 Pathfinder Operations Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 9 April 1993 ............ 5-10. HOOKUP AND RELEASE PROCEDURES .... 4) Hand protection. Marine Corps and Navy personnel...

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i used to connect a sling to a ch 54 and ch 47a model viet 69-70&70-71and it would kick your butt for aloop not like a small hueys or similar bird. go arty

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