Looking for the supreme spark plug

[ed armstrong]

--- "James D. Hanson" <jhanson at westmont.edu> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>

Thats the key....if you're not grounded the current
will not pass through the heart. Therefore, if you
must play with fire, do so with one hand and make sure
the other is _not_ grounded (.e.g., to something
metal).


....probably better not to play with fire in the first
place....


 -ed


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email!
http://mail.yahoo.com/