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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Subject: Re: Interplak vs. Braun
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
- Date: 27 Dec 92 13:59:00 CST
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.135900.4435@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- References: <44028@zygot.ati.com> <34638@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <44030@zygot.ati.com>
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- In article <44030@zygot.ati.com> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:
- >In article <34638@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> jcao@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Jingbin Cao) writes:
- >
- >>Is the electro-magnetic field harmful to human bodies? I heard stories
- >>about people get sick living under high-voltage power lines.
- >
- >Perhaps if you slept in the charging receptacle. You would, however,
- >need to curl up into little ball about .75" in diameter to do that.
- >
- >Gimme a break!
-
- Of course, the leakage flux from an Interplak charging base is going to be
- somewhat higher than that of a standard transformer of the same wattage.
- (Plastic has a significantly higher reluctance than iron.)
-
- I agree with John that we're talking about totally negligible fields here
- anyway, though. (Those from the lights in the ceiling above you are
- probably going to be of a larger magnitude than those in that Interplak base
- 10 feet away...)
-
- Dissenting opinions from Bill Nelson, etc. are welcome. :-)
-
- ---Joel Kolstad
-