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- From: brodie@fps.mcw.edu
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.130323.675@fps.mcw.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 13:03:23 CST
- References: <YeOj6aG00VI=J2dJ06@andrew.cmu.edu> <JNA.92Jul21031708@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1992Jul21.123111.12460@cunews.carleton.ca> <1992Jul21.185216.26963@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul21.185216.26963@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, mcorbin@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Max Corbin) writes:
- >
- > Well I couldn't pass this one up.
- >
- > In high school power mechanics class someone brought up the question...
- >
- > "If everybody forms a line, will everybody get shocked by the spark plug
- > wire?"
- >
- > My teachers response was "Lets find out."
- >
- > Lucky me I was the guy at the end acting as ground. It did hurt quite a
- > bit, but it was worth watching everybodies arms go flying straight up into
- > the air :)
-
- We did this in electronics class in 9th grade. However, we used a 9V
- transistor battery, and one juicy transformer. In a circle of
- about a dozen people, the folks on the ENDS got zapped the worst.
- The folks in the "middle" of the human chain didn't get affected as much.
-
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