[114847] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why choose 120 volts?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leen Besselink)
Thu May 28 04:05:18 2009
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:04:57 +0200
From: Leen Besselink <leen@consolejunkie.net>
CC: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4A1C77B3.5070406@internode.com.au>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> It's worth noting that despite higher voltages here there aren't more
> deaths or injuries - but maybe it's because people take it more
> seriously. Admittedly no one I know is nuts enough to use body parts
> for "liveness testing".
>
(sorry for being kinda late in this discussion)
I've never felt the urge to do so either, maybe I'm just a wimp. ;-)
But here is a something I've heared from people who do/have or know people who
do have. And usually they are people with a degree in the field of electronics:
use the back of the hand
don't grap wires, when current passes through your body, muscles contract and
you don't want to hold on to it when those muscles make a fist or more that arm
towards your body. You just want to touch it lightly.
Just to make things clear, I am NOT going to suggest you should do so,
just telling you what I think I heared.
