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whitecree · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:24 am Post subject:

1amp @ 1volt for 1second= toes up

if you hit it just right - or wrong, as the case may be.

The biggest thing to avoid while getting a jolt is keeping the current from passing through your chest cavity. As in running from one hand to the other, up through a leg and out an arm.

Although, if you get enough voltage behind .5 amps or above, it won't matter. You'll be a french fry.

Nikola Tesla was weird. He was also a genius. If he had had his way, today to get electricity, all you'd have to do is stick your plug directly into the ground. He also was working on a way to transmit electricity thru the air, kind of like microwave, but safer.

giggles · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject:

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giggles · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:32 pm Post subject:

dude, that link is like, worse than school, worse than biology class
uhhh

but at least i get it
volts is diameter of pipe
amps is speed of juice pumping through the pipe

watts is like the 2 combined

jcparks · 8086 Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 32

electricity is interesting.....
The posters above were right in the fact that it is amperage that kills. The weird thing about electricity though is, it doesnt get worse as you get higher. The middle ground is actually the worst. If you get a lot of amperage going through you body its going to stop your heart instantly, if no one is around you, your screwed. However if your working with a buddy that knows CPR there is a good chance you will make it.
The middle amperages are what get you... if you close a low to middle amperage circuit with your hands... first its going to lock your muscles so you wont be able to let go. Then it is going to mess with the timing on your heart, but it wont stop it completly. It will just make it totally irratic, and from what I understand, it's alot easier to start a stopped heart then it is to get the timing correct on and irratic beating heart. Anyway, I guess its just handy to know that if you want to save someone that is suffering from electric shock, it is good to know CPR. =)

Klarion · Little Foot Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 162

Actually, the best thing to have is an AED (defibrillator). The electric shock works much better at resynching your heart than simple compressions from CPR. Pure CPR pretty much gives a 10% chance of survival at best during cardiac arrest, while using an AED can give a 30-60% chance of survival (the highest number is for seniors - 65+, and the variance takes account for extremely timely response by a med unit).

EvilJeff · Team Member Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 591 Location: ND

Actually 0.05 Amps is enough to kill you. Shocked

The simplest analogy for electricity is to compare wires to a water hose.
Voltage is like pressure, therefore the higher it is the thicker the hose (insulation) needs to be.
Amperage (current) is like flow, the larger the diameter of the hose (wire) the more current it can carry.
Watts is a measure of energy, how much work can be done in a period of time, just like horsepower.
Using the water analogy, a small wire (hose) under higher voltage (pressure) can do the same amount of work as a large wire (hose) with a much lower voltage (pressure) but a larger current flow.
Don't mess around with 120v if you are not properly trained, it kills hundreds of people every year who think "it's only 120".

InstigatorX · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:36 pm Post subject:

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giggles · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

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giggles · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject:

I fail to see the irony

One4yu2c · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:12 am Post subject:

I saw it, and it made me giggle.

Flytrap7 · King of All Voodoo2 Cards Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 9298

Amps make my pee green :þ

giggles · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:45 pm Post subject:

oh is that the irony? the name giggles may imply that i giggle a lot but...

Flytrap7 · King of All Voodoo2 Cards Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 9298

Did you make a typo when you were choosing your name?

Was it really supposed to be jiggles instead?

One4yu2c · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:20 pm Post subject:

giggles · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject:

ok, if you really want to know
some girl i know and her friend found out that i was ticklish so they called me giggles and it stuck
im not fat, like 125lbs

Flytrap7 · King of All Voodoo2 Cards Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 9298

At least it's better then bubbles Very Happy

InstigatorX · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject: