[Gllug] Electric Shocks

[Tim Gray]

A) Yes.

As an aside, its also safe to sit/stand in a metal cage (faraday cage)
when being shocked. The metal around you has a less resistance you are
less like to get a jolt. If your ever caught out in a lighting storm get
in a car.....

B) Don’t know....

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk 
> [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf Of t.clarke
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 12:05 PM
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: [Gllug] Electric Shocks
> 
> 
> Since some of you gentlemen are cleary very knowledgable on 
> the subject of electicity, maybe someone has the definitive 
> answer to a a couple of questions that have fascinated me:
> 
> a) is it true that if you stand on a perfect or near-refect 
> insulator (eg big fat rubber mat) and touch an HV source (say 
> several KV relative to earth) you
> won't get a shock ?   - not the sort of thing I wish to test 
> practically !
> 
> b) we operate a 240V UPS here which 'floats'  - ie one leg is 
> NOT tied down to earth.  The suggestion is similarly that 
> touching either wire will not produce a shock since there is 
> supposedly nowhere for the current to flow. True or false ?
> 
> Tim
> 
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