Re: Inside power supplies: Where are the shocks?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Slick wrote:
> 
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> Would you rather be shocked by 10,000 volts at one amp or 10,000 amps at
> one volt? It doesn't matter. There is the same amount of energy in each
> shock.
>
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     The energy is the same, yes. The catch is that it is impossible to
be shocked by 1V at 10,000 Amps. Your body has way too much resistance.

     Similarly, it is impossible for the standard IIgs power supply to
deliver +5V at the rated 4 Amps with the standard leads which connect to
the motherboard. The problem is not power supply capacity; the problem
is a +5V lead which is too skimpy and ends up acting like a resistor.

     Just the number of IIgs power supplies which have been ruined
and/or dumped due to crummy leads is pretty "shocking".

  

Rubywand