Looking for the supreme spark plug

James D. Hanson jhanson at westmont.edu
Wed Mar 6 12:14:38 EST 2002


On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> You're very lucky.  Ignition system voltages are classified as lethal.

Any voltage can be lethal.  Its the amperage, not the voltage that can
kill.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it only takes about 1/10th of an amp
to kill a human (though that has to go through the heart).

The trick to not getting electrocuted is not having the path to ground
pass through your heart.  Heh.  Though you can still get some nasty
contact burns at higher voltages.

Jim




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