Day 103 - 14 Mar 95 - Page 46
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2 Q. Yes, but they have been increased over the years, have they
3 not?
4 A. I do not know that they have; I am not really sure
5 whether they have or not.
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7 Q. This is unusual equipment to be used in this country, is it
8 not?
9 A. Yes, it is.
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11 Q. Why did Sun Valley decide to use it?
12 A. Because we found with trials that it was particularly
13 effective and also because of our American contacts, we
14 were aware that the equipment was available.
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16 Q. You do not know whether you were using it at their typical
17 amperage or not?
18 A. Well, the way that we use the machine is not too
19 dissimilar to the way they are describing here.
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21 Q. Do you know what the average current was for the bath prior
22 to it being between 400 and 700 milliamps?
23 A. The baths?
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25 Q. The trough, whatever you call it, the water bath?
26 A. We have always had a trough. We have always had that
27 kind of system.
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29 Q. Yes, but you can change the current, can you not?
30 A. You can do.
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32 Q. Do you know what the previous current was?
33 A. Previous to what? When we installed this machine?
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35 Q. Yes.
36 A. It was about the same.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So the machine you had for a long time before
39 this one, the one you have had for two years, was about the
40 same?
41 A. Yes, and I think prior to that we probably had an
42 alternating current stunner in which case the amperage
43 would have been higher.
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45 MS. STEEL: When did you have an alternating current stunner?
46 A. I do not know, about four or five years ago possibly.
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48 Q. What was the current then?
49 A. I do not know. I cannot tell you.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I thought before this, the one you have had
52 for two years, you had a Simmons one?
53 A. Yes.
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55 Q. Which you had had for many years?
56 A. Yes.
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58 Q. Where does the four or five years ago come in then?
59 A. I am afraid my recollection is not all that clear on
60 this. The one that we had before, I believe, was a Simmons
