🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:45:06 -0000, Dave Plowman (News) <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <slrnghhb1o.bes.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net>,
>    Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
>> Our power sockets are only 3kW each - but it isn't the Watts that really
>> hurt, or even the Volts; it's the Amps you really need to be careful
>> with. 60 Amps at a Japanese 100V would be a lot more dangerous than 30
>> Amps at a European 230V.  (Although either could kill you, so the
>> difference could be academic as far as the one grasping the wires is
>> concerned).
>
> Not quite sure what you mean. The current drawn by a given resistance is
> proportional to the voltage - and touching a 1000 amp supply is no more
> dangerous to a human than touching a 1 amp one.
>
> And since the body resistance would be a constant 230 volts would cause
> more current to flow than 100 - so more likely to kill. Indeed in the UK
> 110 volts is used on building sites for safety reasons. This is obtained
> usually via an isolating transformer so there is no potential to ground.

Makes you wonder why they have neutral in households as ground potential.

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