I was not suggesting any unknown effect. I am simply surprised the reason for the shock is not better understood.
> From: John Woodgate <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:36:18 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Is one-handed electrical shock possible? > > In article <bdd5d279.1a45c%[email protected]>, Ken Javor > <[email protected]> writes >> Okay, let's grant a conductive pea soup fog within a millimeter or so of >> a human body. I am standing on a rug, over a pad, attached to a wood >> sub-floor. I grab a hot wire and get buzzed. Where is the current >> going after it leaves my body? > > The microclimate extends well beyond a millimetre. But another approach > to your question is to point out that there is not likely to be some > hitherto unknown effect in electrical science disclosed by this sort of > experience, so the current must go either through resistance or through > capacitance. > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. > The good news is that nothing is compulsory. > The bad news is that everything is prohibited. > http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Scott Douglas [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
