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Article #642Re: Touching a "hot" connector
From: Bob Myers
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1989 17:49
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1989 17:49
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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.
^^^^!
>Er, not wanting to flame you... but that's stoopid! Why do you want to risk
>your life? That's exactly what you are doing by touching live 250VAC. It only
>takes milliamps to stop a heart. The current is passing from your hand to
>ground (probably your feet), and passing by your heart on the way down.
One should never try to stand in the way of evolution. :-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcdj!myers From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Touching a "hot" connector Message-ID: <11170021@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Date: 23 Jun 89 17:49:48 GMT References: <89Jun8.160452edt.10877@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu> Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO Lines: 17