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Article #174025KV (was: SHOCKING STORIES)
From: KEES VAN DER WAL
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:21
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:21
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In article <1992Jul22.145523.261@bony1.bony.com>, billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) writes: > natural reaction was to grab that wire so he wouldn't fall. Only > problem was that wire provided 11kVAC to drive the electric trains. He > said his brother only survived because the path the current took through > his body did not pass through his heart. This morning there was a story on the BBC-news that a boy survived a 25KV shock from an overhead railway line. I didn't catch how he came into contact with the line; he's in hospital now. <kees>
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!research.ptt.nl!walvdrk From: walvdrk@research.ptt.nl (KEES VAN DER WAL) Subject: 25KV (was: SHOCKING STORIES) Message-ID: <1992Jul23.192145.1@research.ptt.nl> Sender: usenet@spider.research.ptt.nl (USEnet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: dnlts0 Organization: PTT Research, The Netherlands References: <1992Jul18.175339.10396@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Jul22.145523.261@bony1.bony.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:21:45 GMT Lines: 13