Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Re: Don\'t try this at home kids

>It is the Amps that kill you.
>Power(Watts) = Voltage x Current(Amps)
>The power must remain the same, no matter what you do to it.
>Using a transformer you can step up the voltage, but to equalise the
>equation, the current is made very low. So, if you step down the
>voltage, the current is raised. A high current will kill you. (Or at
>least give you an unimaginable shock.) If you've ever put your finger
>in a light socket, multiply it by ten and you'll know what it feels
>like.
So that would mean you could survive touching a high voltage power
line... and they say those things are MORE dangerous! Wonder why it's the
amps though, an amp is something like a zillion electron-charges per
second, so all that would mean is how many electrons there are trying to
get through you, not how badly they want to go (volts)... I figured it
would be a combination of both and thus the power, but I'd rather not do
any experiments to find out :-)
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