Re: Touching a "hot" connector

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From: John Sparks
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1989 21:22

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In article <89Jun8.160452edt.10877@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu>
dudek@ai.toronto.edu (Gregory Dudek) writes:
>
>    I noticed long ago that if you (accidentally) touch a live
>conductor, there is an odd sensation reminicent of a rough surface.
>  Does anybody have a good explanation for this phenomenon?
>

Never happened to me. The few times I accidently touched a hot wire I either

     a> got the shit shocked out of me :-)

     b> got a tingling sensation, like when your hand falls asleep.

A> was because I was grounded fairly well and B> was becasue I wasn't.

Be careful and don't fool around with electricity. It CAN kill you.
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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
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Subject: Re: Touching a "hot" connector
Summary: BBBZZT!
Keywords: touch, sensation, live, shock
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Date: 14 Jun 89 21:22:35 GMT
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