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Re: FAQ questions...
My understanding is that about 10mA passing through the heart is
lethal, I guess it is pretty hard to actually measure this without
getting sent to prison:) Maybe someone could rig an ammeter up to Mr.
Edisons' wonderfully humane chair.
A Watt in AC is RMS volts times amps, where RMS = the square Root of
the Mean of the Square of the peak AC voltage.
The distinction is made between VA and Watts due to wattless power in
AC systems where the phase angle becomes large due to inductive
loading by motors, transformers etc.
hope this helps
steve
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Subject: FAQ questions...
Author: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com at internet
Date: 7/9/96 4:00 PM
>From chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-comMon Jul 8 22:54:39 1996
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 22:54:17 -0600 (MDT)
From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: FAQ questions...
Greetings,
I am starting to work on the safety FAQ, but naturally am having some
questions. (I'd like to be as accurate as possible)
1) Is it true that it takes 10 Joules of electricity to kill someone?
(If not, how much is it?)
2) Is a watt in AC roughly volts*amps? I believe that a watt is VA in
DC, and if you are dealing with RMS Volts and amps, does that make it
true for AC?
Thanks for your attention. More questions will follow I'm sure.
Chip