Re: is third transformer hole an earth?

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From: Dave Plowman (News)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:11

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In article <slrnghjjbg.e5j.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net>,
   Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
> So a charge of 10kV from walking across a carpet (DC) , or a
> "non-lethal" 50kV "Tazer" (AC), are more dangerous than a 1kV power
> line?  The danger from 'High Voltage' power lines comes from the vast
> amount of current they can deliver.

Sigh. You don't need 'vast amounts of current to kill'. That's why RCDs
are set at 30 mA. Less than that is *generally* safe.

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