Re: High voltage low amper

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi All,

Looking back at my FVTC safety course booklet, it has the leathal current at
.1 A for DC, and .02A for AC.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "Paul Marshall by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > It takes about .030 - .060 amps to be fatal (Depending on the condition of
 > your heart). If your resistance from hand to hand is 2000 ohms it will
take
 > about 120 v to be fatal. If you get crossed out on a Neon 15,0000 v you
 > will get it all. If it is a 30 ma transformer you'll get the full 30 ma.
 > You look like a short circuit at this point. That's why contact with a pig
 > at several hundred ma's is almost always fatal.
 >
 >
 >
 > Paul S. Marshall
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > >Subject: High voltage low amper
 > >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:39:48 -0700
 > >
 > >Original poster: "Nir Wingarten by way of Terry Fritz
 > ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nirzvi-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 > >
 > >Hi all
 > >
 > >Here is a problem
 > >
 > >A 1.5 V. to 220 V. transformer makes 18 V. 2640 V. and
 > >the amper go micro.
 > >
 > >How high can the voltage go(with the amper dropping)
 > >without the risk of death?
 > >
 > >
 > >Your truely
 > >Nir(NOT NEAR) Weingarten
 > >
 > >
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