Re: Best phone or carrier suggestion for a person who works in a Lead Lined Room

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dr.news - 03 Sep 2005 16:19 GMT

I found a phone that seems to work in a medical x-ray. It was a nextel
phone that has been designated as "intrinsicly safe." Quite by accident I
was talking to Verizon customer service, and mentioned the problem. She said
that her family, and others (as they work in medical x-ray) have found that
Nextel phones that are designated "intrinsically safe" work! While she
didn't know what specfically made that phone work in those tough areas; they
(her family) have found it to be consistent. I'm not encouraging anybody to
go out and buy Nextel; but this was the first person who had experience and
said what had worked for them.

If in doubt; (and you are in such an environment) borrow an "intrinsicly
safe" designated phone from Nextel and try it; don't take my word for it;
but it might help you shorten your search dr

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>I called the person who asked me about this question in the first place.
>His line has been disconnected. I never got to give him an answer, but
>best was for him to fwd his calls to the landline wired into the lead room.
>That will work all the time. Thanks for the dialogue... learned some. dr
>> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>>
>> In <Xns968B8C83EA4A9w4csc@63.223.7.253> on Wed, 06 Jul 2005
>> 13:47:50 -0400,
>> Larry W4CSC <noone@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>>"Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in
>>>news:1120666642.656198@sj-nntpcache-3:
>>>
>>>> Aren't they made of carbon and capped with lead?
>>>
>>>Nope...solid lead. Drill a hole in one some time....
>>>
>>>Great conductors. Don't think so? Take a short piece of #000 welding
>>>cable and just short out the terminals and watch it melt the wire, if the
>>>battery's good. Takes 50-150 amps to crank the car...more in cold
>>>weather.
>>>
>>>If the lead had any appreciable resistance, it would melt the terminals
>>>and
>>>the inter-cell jumpers, also made of lead inside the plastic between
>>>cells.
>>>Lead melts at quite a low temperature...it's soft to start out with.
>>
>> <http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/249.html>:
>>
>> Lead is a naturally-occurring chemical element that is toxic to humans.
>> Known as (Pb), lead's scientific name and symbol are derrived from the
>> Latin word plumbum meaning "liquid silver." A malleable, bluish-white
>> metal
>> with POOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY ... [emphasis added]
>>
>> Because lead is such a poor conductor, in electrical applications it's
>> commonly alloyed with copper; i.e., that's not pure lead.

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Richard Ness - 03 Sep 2005 20:16 GMT

All "intrinsically safe" means is that it's been certified for
operation around explosive atmospheres. In other words
it won't spark and cause an explosion. It has nothing to do
with how well the unit operated RF wise...

This is called 'pure coincidence'.

>I found a phone that seems to work in a medical x-ray. It was a nextel
>phone that has been designated as "intrinsicly safe." Quite by accident I
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> safe" designated phone from Nextel and try it; don't take my word for it;
> but it might help you shorten your search dr

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