Re: My take on TIAC <delurk>

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From: Scott Hemphill
Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 00:00

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In article <4mr860$ro9@northshore.shore.net> hannigan@shore.net (Martin Hannigan) writes:
>In article <x5ohnzf5cy.fsf@world.std.com>,
>Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:
>>
>>From: hannigan@shore.net (Martin Hannigan)
>>>I'm not sure I believe it's 90. I think it's more like 15v. If you grab
>>>both the tip and ring, you'll feel the current. I've felt the current on
>>>more than one occasion considering my occupation and I can attest that 
>>>if it was 90 or above, I would've known <grin>. Then again, I KNOW 
>>>what 120 feels like for sure, but not 90.
>>
>>Actually, all you can really know is the current (amps), not the
>>voltage.  A static electricity shock from walking across a carpet can
>>be tens of thousands of volts, but fortunately very little amps.
>>
>
>This was intriguing..we just spent an hour looking it up. 90 it is,
>when it's ringing.

Is that peak-to-peak, RMS, or what?

Scott
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Scott Hemphill	hemphill@alumni.caltech.edu

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From: hemphill@diamond.tiac.net (Scott Hemphill)
Subject: Re: My take on TIAC <delurk>
Date: 1996/05/09
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