Bjorn
caryho at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> In The Dawn of the Third Age Bjorn Straube <straube at digital.net> woke
> me from my contemplation by writing:
>
> >I went to the front door where I had left a brand new bottle of Amquel
> >(16 fl oz) I was on my way back to the tank when I opened the bottle
> >and a little splashed out and I got shocked hard enough that the cap was
> >thrown across the room.
> snip
> > I was shocked a total of four
> >times, each less in intensity than the time before and and a few minutes
> >between the first and second and a couple of hours between the second
> >and the last two (I needed to finish the water change).
>
> I think you're getting to like it Bjorn :-)
> Did you buy this stuff at the same location? Sounds like its a bad
> batch which is breaking down and acting like a chemical battery. I
> would be worried about it even doing the job if it's discharging
> electricity. But before you kill yourself, why don't you discharge it
> to ground with a wire next time.
>
> later
> Cary Hostrawser
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