Carbon zinc batteries in blasting galvanometers.
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October 12, 1977
Mr. Howard Lawrence President
E.I.T. Corporation
Post Office Box 744
Sunbury, Pennsylvania 17801
Dear Mr. Lawrence:
This is in response to your letter of September 21, 1977, addressed to Mr. David W. Hadden, regarding the use of carbon zinc batteries in blasting galvanometers.
29 CFR 1926.906(q) in construction standards states:
Blasters, when testing circuits to charged holes, shall use only blasting galvanometers equipped with a silver chloride call especially designed for this purpose.