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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Touching a "hot" connector
Message-ID: <11170021@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Jun 89 17:49:48 GMT
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>/Not recommended unless you don't mind the occasional jolt from the
>/mains, which probably means your skin ought to be on the dry side. I'm
>/talking about 250V mains, by the way. 120 is less lethal.
               ^^^^!
>Er, not wanting to flame you... but that's stoopid! Why do you want to risk
>your life? That's exactly what you are doing by touching live 250VAC. It only
>takes milliamps to stop a heart. The current is passing from your hand to
>ground (probably your feet), and passing by your heart on the way down. 


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