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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Morris" data-source="post: 64726" data-attributes="member: 652"><p>Re: Complete the DC circuit?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Chances are, it’s not DC, read JR posts. The effects of DC and AC on the body are different. AC is more likely to give you a shock especially at the voltages we are talking about. I think you would be lucky (but you could) to notice phantom power.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">“The minimum current a human can feel depends on the current type (</span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">AC</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> or </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_current" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">DC</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">)and </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">frequency</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">.A person can feel at least 1 </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">mA</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> (</span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square#Average_electrical_power" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">rms</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">) of AC at 60 Hz, while at least 5 mA for DC”</span></span></span></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock</span></span></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Morris, post: 64726, member: 652"] Re: Complete the DC circuit? [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Chances are, it’s not DC, read JR posts. The effects of DC and AC on the body are different. AC is more likely to give you a shock especially at the voltages we are talking about. I think you would be lucky (but you could) to notice phantom power.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]“The minimum current a human can feel depends on the current type ([/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]AC[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] or [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_current"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]DC[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000])and [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]frequency[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000].A person can feel at least 1 [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]mA[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] ([/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square#Average_electrical_power"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]rms[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]) of AC at 60 Hz, while at least 5 mA for DC”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock"][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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