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From: kingdom@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike Kingdom)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: HELP!
Message-ID: <4660002@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Jan 91 21:46:08 GMT
References: <1991Jan19.052458.7449@wam.umd.edu>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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>"It's not voltage that's dangerous, it's current"
>
>But voltage is the force that causes current!
>
>That's like saying, "It's not falling that's dangerous, 
>it's hitting the ground."

Not really. You get zapped by static electricity all the time which is
on the order of 10kV. You're still alive to tell about it because there
ARE NOT enough electrons to maintain any serious current beyond the
little zap you hear.

-- Mike