From: dhky@shaw.ca   
      
   On 12/09/2013 12:59 PM, Salmon Egg wrote:   
   > In article , Don Kelly    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think that you and Tom are right. My recollection of just where my   
   >> hands were (other than one was on each lead from the battery) are nearly   
   >> 70 years old.  At that time it was just a box, obviously with electrical   
   >> parts and I had a 12V battery and no knowledge of di/dt   
   >   
   > There is your memory playing tricks on you again. 12 volts in a 6 volt   
   > world would be pretty unusual. :=)   
   >   
      
   You are right-  the battery would have been of the mid-40's vintage. It   
   was a fairly large dry cell (6"x9"x2") or thereabouts) ostensibly used   
   for an electric fence power supply (problem here would be short life -so   
   it could have been intended for something else-). The ignition coil was   
   "OLD" -well potted in a wood box, "trembler coil" type.   
   Did I risk fibrillation? -apparently not- some insulation as well as   
   being bypassed by the battery itself -limited current and let-go wasn't   
   a problem.   
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