Re: Inside power supplies: Where are the shocks?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Will Smith writes ...
> 
> On Sat, 06 Jun 1998 16:47:44 -0500, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
> wrote:
> 
> |>     Slurping electrolytic caps is definitely bad form. Lots of
> |>batteries in a string can be hazardous, too.
 ....

> 
> ain't the voltage that you should really worry about.  it's the AMPS.
> (granted, anyone that knows what Ohm's Law is will tell you that
> voltage is a factor, but bear in mind that static shocks can carry a
> couple thousand volts, but because there's no real amperage, there's
> no real damage.)
> 
> that having been said, i'll bet it was a while before you started
> putting wires in your mouth again, eh?  <g>
>

     Actually, as far as a wire connected to anything goes, it may have
been the last time!



Rubywand