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In article <1991Jan28.190057.1874@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
>In article <1991Jan26.162913.1905@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>>My point was that "Voltage doesn't kill, only current kills" is a
>>dangerous half-truth.
>>
>>Of *course* high voltage isn't dangerous if supplied through a very
>>high resistance, as in a Van de Graaff generator.
>>
>>But I've heard of people who believed that "voltage isn't dangerous
>>-- only current is dangerous" and concluded that, e.g., sticking one's
>>finger into a 120-V outlet isn't dangerous because that's a source
>>of volts, not amps.
>
>
>A Van de Graff generator produces STATIC electricity. STATIC electricity is
>far less dangerous than conventional electricity, partly due to the very low
>currents that are present. The other is the fact that STATIC electricity
>tends to remain on the surface of an object as stored charges.

Static electricity <> "conventional" electricity ?????

Does this mean that still water & running water are different substances
as well?


Unrelated: Read (& heed) the Followup-To: line.

OBSex: Onward he plunged, twisting with greater & greater force. 5 times he
       did this. When it was over, she thanked him politely for changing her
       flat tire, & drove off. B-) B-) B-)


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Steven S. Brack

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