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Article #1168Re: Re: Touching a "hot" connector
From: Bob Myers
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 18:00
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1989 18:00
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>>contact as you would need to check out for good on 120. I = E/R, so any time
>>you set up a situation where you can get 100 mA through the heart, well,
>>please smile and leave a happy-looking corpse.
>I believe your presumption that all currents above a threshold are lethal
>is incorrect. What I recall is that currents within a fairly narrow
>range induce ventricular fibrillation and are potentially lethal. Once you
>exceed this range, higher currents are actually LESS dangerous since they
Technically you are, of course, correct - but are you willing to bet your
life on the hope that the current will exceed the upper end of that range?
Bob Myers KC0EW HP Graphics Tech. Div.| Opinions expressed here are not
Ft. Collins, Colorado | those of my employer or any other
myers%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com | sentient life-form on this planet.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcdj!myers From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Re: Touching a "hot" connector Message-ID: <17660007@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Date: 8 Aug 89 18:00:50 GMT References: <248@sopwith.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO Lines: 16