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- From: rose@bucknell.edu (philip rose `94)
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- Subject: Re: Volts vs. amps
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 00:37:52 GMT
- Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
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- In article <C1DB0J.G7u@ns1.nodak.edu>, jgreff@plains.NoDak.edu (Jason Greff) writes:
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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.
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- I'm sorry, but this is not the truth. It is neither voltage or current
- alone that kills. Power kills. Power is the product of voltage and current.
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- Phil Rose
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