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From: imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.geo.meteorology,misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: using the bathroom during lightning storm
Message-ID: <1991May24.210108.9982@solbourne.com>
Date: 24 May 91 21:01:08 GMT
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Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't the metal plumbing in your
house grounded?  Is that why the house's electrical system is
sometimes grounded to the plumbing?  And since it is grounded,
wouldn't it have a zero or near zero potential?  So there is no
problem.  However, other examples that have been given assume the
"object" is much different than ground potential.

Warner
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Warner Losh		imp@Solbourne.COM
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