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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux DIY Electronics
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:39:23 -0400
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On 10/14/24 3:44 AM, Xavier Dominica wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 17:22:08 -0400, -hh wrote:
> 
>>
>> Incorrect.  High voltage hurts ... but it is amperage which kills.
>>
> 
> Current (i.e. the flow of charge or amperage) does not occur
> unless something is pushing it and that something is voltage.

Good thing then that I specified a voltage on my comment.


> Man-made sources of high voltage are usually associated with
> the capacity to produce large currents and hence high voltage
> is quite dangerous.
> 
> Rubbing ones shoes on a carpet can charge the human body
> to a million volts but the resulting current discharge (i.e.
> the spark from ones finger) is very small and hence harmless.
> 
> Current is the flow of charge but voltage is the energy
> per charge.
> 
>>
>> It merely takes carelessness to kill yourself with high voltage, but if
>> you know what you're doing, you can kill yourself with a 1.5V D cell
>> battery too.
>>
> 
> It's not possible, unless you were to cut open your chest
> and apply the terminals directly to the heart.  But even
> then the voltage may be too small.
> 

That would work too, but that's not the only solution.


-hh