27 Feb
2000
27 Feb
'00
11:56 p.m.
You know, I've been told it's painful, but is it dangerous?
I just told another group about the supply I have (It outputs 110AC, 30hz,
.06 amp), and realized it's 110. Isn't that dangerous? If I really did zap
my kid brother with it, would it just hurt or could it really HURT him?
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28 Feb
28 Feb
12:25 a.m.
Treat is with respect. Under the worng condition it could be serious,
under the best it's very nasty. I've been caught by that a few times
and it's the 30hz that I find worse.
Allison
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
You know, I've been told it's painful, but is
it dangerous?
I just told another group about the supply I have (It outputs 110AC, 30hz,
.06 amp), and realized it's 110. Isn't that dangerous? If I really did zap
my kid brother with it, would it just hurt or could it really HURT him?
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1 a.m.
At 05:56 28-02-2000 -0800, you wrote:
You know, I've been told it's painful, but is
it dangerous?
<snarph>
Any voltage along those lines can be dangerous if it passes through the
chest. My understanding is that it takes less than 20mA of current flow to
kill a person.
Be safe rather than sorry.
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http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
"Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our
own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."
3:36 a.m.
At 05:56 AM 2/28/00 -0800, Danial wrote:
You know, I've been told it's painful, but is
it dangerous?
I just told another group about the supply I have (It outputs 110AC, 30hz,
.06 amp), and realized it's 110. Isn't that dangerous? If I really did zap
my kid brother with it, would it just hurt or could it really HURT him?
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No, it'll just hurt him. It'll sure get his attention though! I've been
shocked by them dozens of times. FWIW the normal (US) telephone ringing
voltage is only 48 volts or so. The old telephones and military field
phones with the hand cranks with put out over 100 volts. Those hurt!
Joe
4:09 a.m.
At 12:36 PM 2/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
At 05:56 AM 2/28/00 -0800, Danial wrote:
Bzzzt! And thanks for playing.
Electricity screws up a variety of things in the human body, the brain, the
heart, etc. All due to the interaction of electricity with nerves. You can
kill someone with a couple of microamps in the right spot, then again
10,000V from a static electricity build up is just a 'snap.'
The bottom line is current flowing through and around nerves and there
isn't a very good SPICE model for a human. However, lots of things can
change the situation:
1) Is there a good conductive path for the electricity?
2) What freqency is the signal?
3) How much current does the base signal have? And how
long can it keep that going?
4) What is the "ground reference" for the circuit, where
is ground relative to the point of entry?
5) What is the blood sugar level of the victim?
The bottom line is, "Don't zap your kid brother, as tempting as that is,
because the down side (death, or permanent disability) is too great."
--Chuck
You know, I've been told it's painful, but
is it dangerous?
I just told another group about the supply I have (It outputs 110AC, 30hz,
.06 amp), and realized it's 110. Isn't that dangerous? If I really did zap
my kid brother with it, would it just hurt or could it really HURT him?
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No, it'll just hurt him. It'll sure get his attention though! 
4:59 a.m.
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