> 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.
