[LargeFormat] A most useful manufacturer...

[Lee Carmichael]

I was taught that it is amps that kill not volts

lee.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Le Heux" <alexlh@funk.org>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A most useful manufacturer...


> I've lived in a country with unprotected 220V sockets all my life, and I
> assure you that electrocution is not something that we worry about.
> Actually, I may have heard of someone getting electrocuted once, but that
> was about 10 years ago.
>
> I myself have had 220V zap me numerous times, and not only am I still
> alive, but I also have not developed any speach impediments or strange
> facial tics!
>
> 220V is grossly overrated as a way of killing a person. Tripping over
> shoelaces is a much more effective weapon!
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Alex
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 02:33:21PM -0800, Brock Nanson wrote:
> > The catch is: Current = Voltage / Resistance
> >
> > If your body has a fixed resistance, then grabbing hold of 220 results
in
> > twice the current of 110V!  And as Mark says, current is what makes you
> > dead...
> >
> > There's a real good reason why Australian outlets have a switch for the
> > socket!
> >
> > Brock
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mark blackman" <mark.blackman1@btinternet.com>
> > To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 1:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A most useful manufacturer...
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "lnphoto" <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yeah but down there you run 220v so you can kill yourself twice as
dead,
> > > > half as fast as us Yanks running low voltage.
> > > I don't want to sound pedantic, but you run several million volts
through
> > > yourself when you comb your hair (if you've got any left) or stroke a
cat
> > (I
> > > was going to write pussy, but that's for another mailing list). It's
not
> > the
> > > volts you want to watch, but the amps.
> >
> >
> >
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