RE: SAFETY ALERT! Holding Plug leads FWIW

[Paul Hunt <on76@dial.pipex.com>]

>FWIW:   Have a Great Uncle who can kill the engine by grabbing the 
>coil wire and touching ground. Saw him do it on a BIG John Dear once 
>and another time on an 30's Dodge Truck. I believe I also heard my
>Grandfather mention he  ( My Great Uncle) had shorted out a 
>neighbors electric fence by trying to take a short cut across it 
>once.

A TV Repair aquaintance used to check the EHT transformer by
seeing how far the spark would jump to his finger.


PaulH
73 Roadster (HD&H)
75 V8 (DD)