Comments on: Darwin Awards 2007 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/01/darwin-awards-2007.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:10:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris M http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/01/darwin-awards-2007.html#comment-3006 Chris M Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:01:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/01/darwin-awards-2007/#comment-3006 The smart-guy explanation of the electric fence is wrong. Cattle fences do not "use 120 volts". They use thousands of volts, but at a much lower current. I guess this guy doesn't know the difference betweek volts and amps. But he's such a smart-guy, he's going to tell us all about electricity anyway. 120V is actually relatively safe, compared to the 240V they use in Europe. He must have been very well grounded in his tomato garden for the 120V to have killed him. I once "put [my] hand on the electrified wire" of a 7200V Neon sign transformer. And I will explain what happened next, since this smart-guy clearly doesn't know what he is talking about when it comes to electricity. I got a nasty shock as the current-limited 5mA went through my arm, torso, and legs. But I was not killed, even though it was 60x the voltage that killed this Darwin award winner. The current from a 120V outlet is only limited by the circuit breaker, which is usually 15A or more, and easily enough to kill (and cook!) anyone with a low enough resistance to ground. Electric fences are always current limited to prevent this. It's not the voltage, but the current. The smart-guy explanation of the electric fence is wrong. Cattle fences do not “use 120 volts”. They use thousands of volts, but at a much lower current. I guess this guy doesn’t know the difference betweek volts and amps. But he’s such a smart-guy, he’s going to tell us all about electricity anyway. 120V is actually relatively safe, compared to the 240V they use in Europe. He must have been very well grounded in his tomato garden for the 120V to have killed him. I once “put [my] hand on the electrified wire” of a 7200V Neon sign transformer. And I will explain what happened next, since this smart-guy clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about when it comes to electricity. I got a nasty shock as the current-limited 5mA went through my arm, torso, and legs. But I was not killed, even though it was 60x the voltage that killed this Darwin award winner. The current from a 120V outlet is only limited by the circuit breaker, which is usually 15A or more, and easily enough to kill (and cook!) anyone with a low enough resistance to ground. Electric fences are always current limited to prevent this. It’s not the voltage, but the current.

]]> By: Jojo http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/01/darwin-awards-2007.html#comment-2980 Jojo Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:58:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/01/darwin-awards-2007/#comment-2980 These are the same people who thought they would be able to re-fi their sub-prime loans when they bumped sky high! [lol]<br/><br/>Or maybe the FED governors who thought "hey, no problemo". DOn't see any bubble here... These are the same people who thought they would be able to re-fi their sub-prime loans when they bumped sky high! [lol]

Or maybe the FED governors who thought “hey, no problemo”. DOn’t see any bubble here…

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