On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:08 PM, John Griessen <john@industromatic.com> wrote:
> On 04/06/2012 09:33 PM, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
>>
>> 100kV at whatever current that would be
>
>
> 100KV? That could arc across 5 cm of dry lab bench surface or air -- just
> think if there
> was anything biological on it...maybe go a foot to electrocute you arm to
> arm
> as you are writing notes on a pad.
>
Well having it hooked up to a gel would mean the current goes through
there, not the air. I've had many a lab sessions next to the DNA
sequencer at school when it was running capillary gels at 10s of kV...
That's why faraday cages exist.
--
Nathan McCorkle
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Science, Biotechnology/Bioinformatics
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