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Tahitian pearl wrote:
> jojo wrote:
>> Tahitian pearl wrote:
>>> jojo wrote:
>>>> Tahitian pearl wrote:
>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nomen Nescio wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you know it will result in vomiting, urination
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and defecation?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your next of kin will not be able to get the smell
>>>>>>>>>>>>> out of your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ford
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Raptor pickup.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> the exhaust goes out the car, not inside.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> reroute the exhaust
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> but the car will stop right if it doesnt go out
>>>>>>>>>> properly. anyway,
>>>>>>>>>> we are going to have electric cars so its not an issue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 700 Volts DC makes a pretty good zap, it's quick too.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> you mean to kill yourself? idk, people have survived
>>>>>>>> lightning strikes, which is hundreds of millions of volts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but it's not suicide
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yeeah... how many volts typically does a person need to
>>>>>> die? idk but i think AC would be more lethal than DC right?
>>>>>
>>>>> It's the current (Amperage) that kills you. You can
>>>>> withstand high voltage merely by wearing shoes with rubber
>>>>> soles. Most of the voltage drop will be consumed across
>>>>> your shoes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> what if the ohmage is very high?
>>>
>>> No, but if the "mho"-age is very high you will be in trouble.
>>>
>>> A mho (℧) is an electrical unit that measures conductance, or
>>> the reciprocal of resistance. It's also known as a siemens (S).
>>>
>>> Rubber soles will lower this value. If you have any
>>> experience with capacitors, that's what the shoes are doing.
>>> Enough voltage will zap through the shoes into the ground.
>>>
>>> Basically, high ohmage is a good thing implying security
>>> against electric shock. It may be important to note that what
>>> goes first is your heart in electric shock because it is most
>>> vulnerable.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you can understand this.
>>
>> you said contradictory things, first line, very high then in
>> trouble, ad then high ohmage good thing.
>>
>
>
> Oh it is kind of subtle -
>
> Ohms, a measure of resistance
>
>
> -and-
>
>
> Mhos = 1/Ohms, a measure of conductivity
>
>
> See, Mho is ohm backwards because it is the inverse. It's also
> known as 1 Mho = 1 Siemens. I think Siemens is preferred today
> as Mho was sort of an ad hoc name, and not very official, but you
> should be able to bring it up on google if you like.
oh ok, that makes sense. so in any case moh or ohm we are talking
about resistance in effect.
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