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- From: jgreff@plains.NoDak.edu (Jason Greff)
- Subject: Volts vs. amps
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:55:31 GMT
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- This debate shouldn't really take place on this board, but since it
- started here....
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- I'm sure you've all heard that it's the amps that kill you, not the volts.
- That's the truth. It takes as little as .1 Amps, regardless of voltage.
- The debate about the resistance of your body making the current or voltage
- dependent really doesn't matter. There are such things as current
- sources, in which case the voltage is dependent. There are such things as
- voltage sources, in which case the current is dependent. The only
- question is whether a lightning bolt is a current source or a voltage
- source. I'm not sure. It would seem that the potential between the cloud
- and the ground would be a voltage source, but the bolt itself might be a
- current source (consider that a person struck by lightning may not be the
- primary target - similar to grabbing any conductor with current flowing in
- it).
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- I don't want the above to make me sound like I think I'm an expert - I'm not.
- It's just my opinion.
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- Jason Greff North Dakota State University - Fargo, North Dakota
-
- "It's better to remain quiet and be | "It's hard to be an individual while
- thought a fool than to speak and | you are busy trying to conform." --Me
- remove all doubt." -- Lincoln |
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