rockyct
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- Jun 23, 2001
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Don't worry, with this search engine it would have been impossible to find it:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2306477
Don't worry, with this search engine it would have been impossible to find it:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2306477
I was just about to ask why it pulsed twice instead of continually frying him, but then I saw your post, which answered my question.
zerocool84
Lifer
- Nov 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: SandEagle
tragic....
doesn't look like he did that intentionally......
Why are you giving him a flower? He did intentionally do it. Did you not read the article?
GodlessAstronomer
Lifer
- Oct 27, 2007
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Holy hell that guy got cooked. I just showed 6 of my coworkers this video. We were all like... :Q
virtuamike
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- Oct 13, 2000
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PlasmaBomb
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Sea Moose
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Its not the voltage that killed him, it was the current passing through his body.
He became a human resistor (same as a light globe or your electric stove)
If he had touched the lines and his feet were not touching the ground he would not have died. Birds sit on the lines all the time. Its only that his feet were touching metal that he became a human short circuit.
Poor Guy, what must have been plaguing his mind to make him do that? Perhaps he didnt realise the danger or perhaps he suffered a mental disease or major depression.
Serious ownage.
He became a human resistor (same as a light globe or your electric stove)
If he had touched the lines and his feet were not touching the ground he would not have died. Birds sit on the lines all the time. Its only that his feet were touching metal that he became a human short circuit.
Poor Guy, what must have been plaguing his mind to make him do that? Perhaps he didnt realise the danger or perhaps he suffered a mental disease or major depression.
Serious ownage.
Sea Moose
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Lets put this into perspective.
240v supply with a kettle with a resistance of say 26ohms
ohms law = V/R=I
Therfore 240volts/26ohms = 9amps
The man in the video.
The human body has a resistance of about 50,000 ohms(this varies from person to person)
The voltage on the site says the main line voltage is either 1.5kv DC or 25kV AC.
We can calculate both figures using ohms law.
1 500volts/50 000ohms = .3amps <--- Thats right, less than one amp.
25 000volts/50 000 = .5amps <--- Also less that one amp.
The interesting thing is his power output
When charcol gary is drawing .3amp his power output is 45watts <--- Comparable to a light globe
When charcol gary is drawing .5amp his power output is 12500watts <--- comparable to an air conditioning unit for a small house.
Take this into account
.001amps to 0.01 = threshold of sensation
.01amp to .1amp = painful shock, cannot let go, muscular paralysis, severe shock, breathing difficultys
0.1amps to 0.2 amps = death
0.2amps to 1.0amp = severe burning.
May i remind all to be careful around electricity please. may i also point out that his arms go rigid.
240v supply with a kettle with a resistance of say 26ohms
ohms law = V/R=I
Therfore 240volts/26ohms = 9amps
The man in the video.
The human body has a resistance of about 50,000 ohms(this varies from person to person)
The voltage on the site says the main line voltage is either 1.5kv DC or 25kV AC.
We can calculate both figures using ohms law.
1 500volts/50 000ohms = .3amps <--- Thats right, less than one amp.
25 000volts/50 000 = .5amps <--- Also less that one amp.
The interesting thing is his power output
When charcol gary is drawing .3amp his power output is 45watts <--- Comparable to a light globe
When charcol gary is drawing .5amp his power output is 12500watts <--- comparable to an air conditioning unit for a small house.
Take this into account
.001amps to 0.01 = threshold of sensation
.01amp to .1amp = painful shock, cannot let go, muscular paralysis, severe shock, breathing difficultys
0.1amps to 0.2 amps = death
0.2amps to 1.0amp = severe burning.
May i remind all to be careful around electricity please. may i also point out that his arms go rigid.
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