Just so you all know, yes I did strip all I could. Now NOW,
If I am in this electricified car and I have a dog on a leash and I open the
door to jump out but before I can, Sparky jumps out and I am still holding his
leash, will this be the source of the name hot dog?
JML.
"I'm a designated FREE SPIRIT HITCHHIKING on the Information Super Highway"
--- On Thu, 12/2/10, Yersinia <yersi...@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
From: Yersinia <yersi...@myfairpoint.net>
Subject: Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 5:10 PM
On 12/2/10 7:54 PM, James Therrault wrote:
>
> On Dec 2, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Dan wrote:
>
>> At 8:44 PM -0800 12/1/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote:
>>> a minor wise point here -
>>>
>>> if you are ever in your car and a storm causes electric overhead wires to
>>> fall on the car and you can see sparks outside -- DO NOT MOVE, DO NOT GET
>>> OUT OF YOUR CAR - you are in no real danger provided your not a part of the
>>> ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>>> - the metal of your car is ELECTRIFIED but the tires will prevent it from
>>> burning since they act as a nice insulator.
>>
>> Incorrect. The tires are not made of pure rubber. They are made from a
>> blend of rubber, synthetics, metallics, etc. Then there are those pesky
>> steel belts. IOW, your tires are *great* conductors. They are (luckily!)
>> NOT insulators.
>>
>> You don't get electrocuted, as long as you're inside the car, because the
>> current is passing thru the metal chassis, thru the tires, to ground. Some
>> of the current is going thru you, but it's a trivial amount, as electricity
>> prefers the better route - thru the tires to ground.
>
> It might be worth mentioning that the car acts as a Faraday (sp?) box whereas
> most of the voltage/current remains on the outer perimeter.
>
>
>>
>>> The way out of this is NOT TO STEP OUT as that will complete the electrical
>>> circuit and you will be toast.
>>
>> Correct. If you were to step out of the car, while still in contact with
>> the chasis, then the current would use you as the better route to ground.
>> That would be bad.
>>
>>> BUT if you can jump out BEING SURE YOUR TOTALLY IN THE AIR then you can
>>> exit the car with no problems.
>>
>> But to take that flying leap... Current jumps at the rate of about 10,000
>> volts per inch. You better clear the car completely, *and* all the wet
>> pavement, by quite a bit... This is totally not recommended. The best
>> thing to do is just sit tight until the power is turned off.
Yeeeeesh. Personally, I think I'll just stay indoors during a
thunder-and-lightning storm! :-O
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