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Article #18832Re: shock box
From: John L. Shelton
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 07:12
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1988 07:12
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Two things are required to inflict damage on a human via electric shock: 1. Voltage. Low enough voltage will not cause damage (at least DC). That's one reason it's safe to work with 12v car electricity. 2. Current. It takes a certain amount of current (I believe 75 ma, but don't rely on this) to stop a heart. Safety-related devices, such as ground fault interruptors, are designed to trip at much lower levels, such as 15ma. If you must build a shock box, make it current-limited to prevent trouble. =John=
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!mordor!sri-spam!zodiac!deimos!jshelton From: jshelton@deimos.ads.com (John L. Shelton) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: shock box Message-ID: <2945@zodiac.UUCP> Date: 10 Mar 88 07:12:21 GMT References: <307@trwind.ind.TRW.COM> <4881@videovax.Tek.COM> <1231@uop.edu> <3616@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Sender: news@zodiac.UUCP Reply-To: jshelton@ads.com (John L. Shelton) Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 941-3912 Lines: 16