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| Ev Archive for December 1998 |
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| 1060 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:43:52 2001 |
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Re: "It's the amps that kill you" (was: Production EVs)
> DC shocks feel a lot different than AC shocks. AC shocks are like a buzz
>and cause your muscles to contract. DC shocks are like a sharp needle (or
>like pulling out hair,) and tend not to cause muscle contractions. Getting
>200 VAC from one hand to the other will generally make you see stars and sit
>you down breathless and dazed. Getting 200 VDC from hand to hand is painful
>and surprizing, but generally not the "[ALT]-[CTRL]-[DEL]" that an
>equivalent-voltage AC shock is.
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> \'o.O' Bill Dube'
> =(___)= bdube@boulder.nist.gov
> U
Severity of shocks is very dependant on the individual. My late grandfather
used to work with someone who could feel as little as 2 volt. Over the years
I've had a number of hand to hand 240v 50 Hz AC schocks, none of them severe.
Worst was when I recieved a mild shock from network cabling whilst working up a
stepladder, I fell off! When you have RS232 cables 1/2 mile long strange things
can happen.
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