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> Not recommended unless you don't mind the occasional jolt from the
> mains, which probably means your skin ought to be on the dry side. I'm
> talking about 250V mains, by the way. 120 is less lethal.

From what little I've been taught about electrical shocks and resuscitation
I seem to remember that 120 was actually "more lethal" than 240 ... something
to do with fibrillation (from a 120 shock) versus complete stoppage of the
heart with a 240 volt shock.  (It is harder to resuscitate an individual
in fibrillation(?)). 

I would suspect this all this depends on the current through the heart
muscle.  Perhaps someone applied Ohm's law with some practical  values
for body resistance, etc.

Eric Beck
fiesta@homxb.att.com