[Gllug] PSU fans

[Alex Hudson]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 05:49:50AM -0700, jackson harry wrote:
> > I thought that the killer was current not voltage or
> > power?
> 
> Yes this is true but it is the application of both
> that will kill you

I suspect that the application of current without voltage would be some feat
;)

> The books say that 30v at 1 milli amp is enough to
> kill you. This is true if you have a very weak heart
> etc etc. 

Pacemakers etc. too - much easier :( 

> This is also why it is safe in the physics class to
> touch the Static Ball (Cannot remember the name) there
> is hardly any current just high voltage.

van de Graaf generator ;)

> one and I am pace qualified. The same thing goes for
> power supplies I would rather buy another than try and
> repair one and I consider myself as someone who knows
> what they are doing.

Hear hear. Ditto TVs. Ditto anything else surrounded by metal with caps
bigger than my thumb :)

Cheers,

Alex.

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