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From: ritchie@hpldola.HP.COM (Dave Ritchie)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Electric Fences (why does person on end get the shock?)
Message-ID: <10960019@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Dec 89 17:14:08 GMT
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 I think the point contact of the last person to ground 
causes a higher current density thru the discharge point than the current
conducted through palm to palm contact. This is not dissimilar to the 
reasons that the static electricity shock received when touching a doorknob 
with your bare hand is much more painful than when touching the doorknob 
with a key.

  But what do I know -- I'm only a software guy :->.

				Dave Ritchie