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From: random@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Random @ rebmA)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?)
Message-ID: <12346@cbnewse.ATT.COM>
Date: 29 Dec 89 15:58:26 GMT
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> : >... regarding shocks from electric fences.
> : You can feel free to play with it grabbing it & swinging you hand making
> : 'surprise' contacts....

If a current pulse follows a path from arm to arm, the the solar
plexus/cardiac nerves may be overridden sending the heart into
ventricular fibrulation (or cardiac arrest). Then the hogs eat you.

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