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From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 19:03
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 19:03
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In article <17660006@hpfcdj.HP.COM> myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes: > >> It doesn't matter wether it's 120 or 220, They're both >> lethal. It's not the volts that kill, it's the amps. > >Y'know, that last is said often enough that people are starting to repeat >it as Holy Writ without actually understanding it. Major power companies repair high-tension (quarter-million-volt) lines in remote areas by sending cable dogs up in helicopters to work on the live wires barehanded. It ain't the volts that kill, it's the amps. --Blair "Or, in my case, it's the vertigo..."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!purdue!bu-cs!buengc!bph From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Re: Touching a "hot" connector Message-ID: <3663@buengc.BU.EDU> Date: 8 Aug 89 19:03:50 GMT References: <248@sopwith.UUCP> <17660006@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) Followup-To: sci.electronics Organization: Boston Univ. Col. of Eng. Lines: 16