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From: jim@mmsac.UUCP (Jim Lips Earl)
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Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?)
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Date: 28 Dec 89 19:24:41 GMT
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In-reply-to: jroersma@orion.oac.uci.edu's message of 27 Dec 89 22:52:41 GMT

If all the "shockees" were standing on a board (or some other
insulating material except for the last person in the string, they
would all feel the shock the same.  Remember that current flows thru
each element equally in a series circuit, despite resistance
differences.  Voltage now, that is a different story.  If one person's
body had higher resistance than another's in the string, more voltage
would be developed across that person's body.
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      Jim "Lips" Earl             UUCP: ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!mmsac!jim
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