Re: Inside power supplies: Where are the shocks?

[paulb@arcadia.ece.nwu.edu (Paul Brazis)]

In article <357d78e8.87153005@roch-news>,
Will Smith <wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com> wrote:
>On 9 Jun 1998 17:16:04 GMT, paulb@arcadia.ece.nwu.edu (Paul Brazis)
>wrote:
>
>|>BUT... The resistance of your body (tongue?!) doesn't change, so if you have
>|>more voltage potential, more amps will go through you. So, indirectly, the
>|>voltage can be very dangerous. But the resistance of a body is pretty high,
>|>so I wouldn't woory about 200 volts...
>
>actually, it DOES...  your body's resistance depends on several
>things, including (but not limited to) your current state of health
>(sick, feverish,etc), sweaty, dry, etc.....  most people measure out
>at around 300 ohms or so, and it goes from there.
>
>whether or not you're wearing rubber shoes (sneakers) or even a
>grounding strap would make a difference, too.
>

That's not what I meant, and you're getting very anal here. Just wanted to
point out that you're going to getr more current through you when touching a
higher voltage than a lower one. Sheesh, this damn newsgroup it seems
everyone has to find something wrong, no matter how insignificant, and then
go on about it!


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