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Re False negative: they don't actually require that you be earthed to work - they body has enough stray capacitance to do the job. The main problem is just not being able to see them in anything except dim light. --[[User:John Rumm|John Rumm]] 01:00, 17 April 2008 (BST) | Re False negative: they don't actually require that you be earthed to work - they body has enough stray capacitance to do the job. The main problem is just not being able to see them in anything except dim light. --[[User:John Rumm|John Rumm]] 01:00, 17 April 2008 (BST) | ||
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| + | Sure, but not being earthed means less current flow, you've only got the human body's stray capacitance, hence its dimmer... and this plays straight into the lit but unseen issue. Been years since I used them, so perhaps mistaken. | ||
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| + | [[User:NT|NT]] 20:00, 17 April 2008 (BST) | ||
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False negative
Re False negative: they don't actually require that you be earthed to work - they body has enough stray capacitance to do the job. The main problem is just not being able to see them in anything except dim light. --John Rumm 01:00, 17 April 2008 (BST)
Sure, but not being earthed means less current flow, you've only got the human body's stray capacitance, hence its dimmer... and this plays straight into the lit but unseen issue. Been years since I used them, so perhaps mistaken.
Added False negative header. NT 20:00, 17 April 2008 (BST)