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Re: OT what is that vibrating sensation you get when you lightly touch the metal on a mains appliance? |
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| message from The Natural Philosopher on 19 May 2004 |
No, Its what alternating current does when it goes through wires. It
sets up an alternating magnetic field and lots of things will react to
this by vibrating in sympathy. Like sex really.
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| Richard Savage replied to The Natural Philosopher on 20 May 2004 |
Is it a slightly 'furry' feeling that you can just detect with finger
tips? All my HiFi - which is connected to the mains via two core cable,
i.e. no earth - exhibits this characteristic, and has done in three
different houses and one Hall of Residence. Having said that, there is
an intrigingly large voltage difference between the screen of my UHF
aerial and the case of my tuner, i.e. finger detectible!
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| dave @ stejonda replied to The Natural Philosopher on 19 May 2004 |
In message <40AB6EB1.7040905@b.c>, The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>
writes
And when I wrote 'lightly touch' I referring to touch with my forearms,
which are quite hairy and thus sensitive to something like that?
I see. :)
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