Re: Jurassic Park

[bdow@ee.ubc.ca (Bruce Dow)]

In article <mark-020793085413@128.157.9.145> mark@pokey.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning) writes:
>
>Actually, wouldn't the fact that his body extended between two of the
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>lines be enough to create the zap?  Since the power runs through each
 ^^^^^
>of the lines wouldn't a body act as a resistance capacitor (sp?)
>across the lines.  I don't think you'd get the flash but I think the
>effect would be like placing a bit of solder across two tracings on
>a circuit board.  You cause a short which has the potential to wreck
>havoc.  But I'm probably wrong about this.
>

I wonder whether that was supposed to be AC or DC running through
that fence? And if you read my original post again, my point
was that the main wires already had narrower wires running between
them like this:


======================================================================
 \     /     \     /     \     /     \     /     \     /     \     /
  \   /       \   /       \   /       \   /       \   /       \   /
   \ /         \ /         \ /         \ /         \ /         \ /
   / \         / \         / \         / \         / \         / \
  /   \       /   \       /   \       /   \       /   \       /   \
 /     \     /     \     /     \     /     \     /     \     /     \
======================================================================

As I recall?

So there already *was* a short circuit, even without Tim touching
any of the wires. Actually, come to think of it, the fence looks
more as if it were made for climbing than carrying high voltage!




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Bruce Paul Dow,  undergraduate student, (third year)
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