Recent content by DaveinKY

Matt, As far as "DC can and will zap the hell out of you also. Touch jumper cables if ya don't believe me." I agree totally with you. As far as the Danger: High Voltage sign, I believe that 95% of common people, people who know nothing about electricity, associate voltage with electric circuits...

FWIW A quote from Gary Gambill, associate professor of medicine, Washington State University of Medicine: "I don't think its the voltage of electricity that kills, but rather the flow of electrons/current through vulnerable tissues. Think of voltage as horsepower...as the intensity of charge...

FWIW, I don't think that it's the volts that will hurt you. It's the amps. Kind of like sticking your tongue to a 9 volt battery. Tickles but doesn't kill you. Turn out 9 volts on a 10KVA vari-ac transformer and boom.

Wings, Every time my branching torch splits, it has a bubble just like that. I bought it about 3 years ago with 3 heads, now I count 15 heads and its about 10" in diameter and still splitting. :D It will stay like that for awhile, I can't really remember how long but in the end it will split...

I also had the same problem with my cup. I bought it at the LFS when it was only 3" or so in diameter. When I installed the MH lights in my 55 it raised the temp but not to an unbearable level until my AC unit went out. It had a small spot in the center to rot away. I changed water regularly and...