On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 12:40:03AM -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: [snip] > The USA uses 120v for house current. That's enough to hurt you and can > kill you if you touch it wrong, though I've touched it a few times. > A lot of the world uses 220. This causes enough of a spark that they > require all receptacles to have a switch on them so you don't plug things > in live. On the other hand, 220 can deliver twice the power in the same > current. Kettles in the 220 world are _really_ fast. Your dryer and oven > run on 220 even in the 110 world, only way to get enough power. Same with > electric car chargers.
The higher the voltage, the more chance your skin will find a conductive path across the body that's dangerous. You only need 9uA across the heart and it will stop - for good. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users