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To: aruanan; All
"Sufficient amperage at any voltage will kill you. And it doesn't take much. 80 milliamps is enough for cardiac failure."

You guys don't know squat about voltage, current and resistance. You don't even have enough background in the subject for it to be explained to you... You sound like my wife.

Have you ever noticed that their is not an electrical shock warning on a 12V car battery? Wonder why that is? Maybe it's because 12V is not a shock hazard... your body resistance is high enough that almost no current flows. Everyone who's ever jump started a car knows that if you touch both terminals (even in the rain) nothing happens.

Just don't short it across a piece of Jewry. You still won't get shocked, but you could get a nasty burn. That's because metal has a low resistance and skin has a high resistance. The current that will flow is inversely proportional to the resistance.
59 posted on 08/19/2004 8:12:22 PM PDT by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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To: babygene
"You guys don't know squat about voltage, current and resistance."

I was an electrician on the YRBM 17 yard repair barge for the small boats stationed in the Delta between 68 and 69.

I will guarantee you that if I connect the positive lead of a hand generator to one of your nads and the negative lead to the other nad and crank that generator you will never have enough resistance between those two leads to keep your balls from frying.

62 posted on 08/19/2004 8:24:18 PM PDT by Souled_Out
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