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From: bcbell@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Dumb electrical question
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 20:02:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 20:02:00 1985
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** power line **

Sorta depends on where you decide to short it out.  If you shorted right at
the main your local transformer's fuse would blow.  This will result in a
(very) load bang, amazing your friends, and disgruntling your neighbors,
whose power will be off until the fuse is replaced.  There's a lot of power
here, so it might not blow at all.  I've vaporized an allen wrench by mistake
once by getting across the main.  The pole fuse didn't even blow.

R.M. Mottola
Cyborg Corp.
Newton, MA.