On Friday 11 August 2006 13:26, Alan Mckinnon wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 12:24 +0200, Nagatoro wrote: > > Herman Grootaers wrote: > > > On Friday 11 August 2006 11:22, Hamish Marson wrote: > > >> All-in-all I prefer 240V single phase. > > > > > > So do I, although in itself that voltage is deadly > > > > When combined with a high enough current... > > The current drawn through a conductor (in this case a live body) is > determined by the voltage, and the resistance of the body itself.
And in this case the surface that the body is in contact with. I other words don't stand in water when you get the shock (but rubber shoes should work) :) -- Naga -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list