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From: Thomas Lapp
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 21:53
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1990 21:53
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> On a subject whose Hamming distance from the above isn't very great, no doubt
> you've heard stories about people micturating on an electric fence, ignition
> coil, or other source of HV. I'm skeptical of them, categorically. Want to
> know why? Just take a strobe unit (photographic will do, but repetitive flashes
> will be better) with you the next time you go in for a number one. Try for a
> fairly dark bathroom. As the waters flow, fire that strobe. Look CLOSELY at
> that stream. Now, are you skeptical too?
Beg to differ, but since HV sources are just that -- High Voltage sources --
I would think that they have the capability to cross a small gap between
two conductors. Now since body fluids are pretty good conductors, wouldn't
it be at least POSSIBLE that given the right voltage and conductivity, that
it MIGHT work?
- tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!aplcen!haven!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?) Message-ID: <137.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 4 Jan 90 21:53:15 GMT References: <1211@ariel.unm.edu> Sender: usenet@udel.EDU Reply-To: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 24