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From: hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong)
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Subject: Re: Touching a "hot" connector
Keywords: touch, sensation, live, shock
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Date: 2 Aug 89 21:22:07 GMT
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In article <427@edai.ed.ac.uk> cam@edai (Chris Malcolm) writes:
>
>very lightly brushing the surface. That's all just my guess. I've used
>the effect for 30 years to detect live mains by touch. It works best on
>shiny surfaces, stroked slowly with a very light touch. It is not a

	WOW!  I can't believe you just said that.  Please don't do
	that, it's dangerous.  Please play it safe and use other
	methods such as a vold meter or the neon bulb.  One day you'll
	find yourself touching ground and you'll get electrocuted.
	Please my friend, we don't want to hear about your death.

>
>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.

	It doesn't matter wether it's 120 or 220, They're both
	lethal.  It's not the volts that kill, it's the amps.
>
>-- 
>Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.edai   031 667 1011 x2550
>Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University
>5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK		


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