Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
I viewed someone's house yesterday and tried to hide from the neighbour over the road (long story)!
Did he catch you with your binoculars peeping out from behind your net curtains?I viewed someone's house yesterday and tried to hide from the neighbour over the road (long story)!
But high voltage isn' necessarily a problem (a static shock is thousands of volts), it's high current that kills.
"Volts that jolts, amps that kill"
Yep, it's total power W=IV (dc system) that does harm, so it's true that static charge can have a very high potential, the current is very small. In the same way that 240V can kill if you provide a low enough resistance path and there is a high current available, say if there was a capacitive element to the circuityebbut we've had this one before. What about ohm's law V=IR? Thus high volts means high current.
Sorry for being picky /serious
Yep, it's total power W=IV (dc system) that does harm, so it's true that static charge can have a very high potential, the current is very small. In the same way that 240V can kill if you provide a low enough resistance path and there is a high current available, say if there was a capacitive element to the circuit
Not if resistance is high. It's also a factor of how long. A static shock is thousand if volts and its scarcely a tingle. A car battery at 12v can kill you.yebbut we've had this one before. What about ohm's law V=IR? Thus high volts means high current.
Sorry for being picky /serious
Not if resistance is high. It's also a factor of how long. A static shock is thousand if volts and its scarcely a tingle. A car battery at 12v can kill you.
Here.So how do you explain that the 1000s of volts static gives a low current?
Wot Markymark said.
Think of current as how much water you have to flow through a pipe, and volts as how much pressure you have pushing it. Resistance is then the diameter of the pipe.
Spare me your "long story"....
MIAOW!
Ok, you asked for it!
..... My parents were viewing a house and l went along out of curiosity. The short story is that it turns out that it is opposite a guy I 'know', and who I have been trying to avoid as he has caused me to.... Err.... Go to the 'cinic'.
I think he saw me as I left.
Cruising on the beach again, eh?