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From: kencr@haddock.ima.isc.com (Kenny Crudup)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Touching a "hot" connector
Keywords: touch, sensation, live, shock
Message-ID: <13633@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 9 Jun 89 12:47:30 GMT
References: <89Jun8.160452edt.10877@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: kencr@haddock.ima.isc.com (Kenny Crudup)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge MA
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In article <89Jun8.160452edt.10877@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu> dudek@ai.toronto.edu (Gregory Dudek) says:

>    I noticed long ago that if you (accidentally) touch a live
>conductor, there is an odd sensation reminicent of a rough surface.

>  Does anybody have a good explanation for this phenomenon?
>  Greg Dudek

"Skin effect"?? :-)

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