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   Message 769 of 788   
   Skeeter to All   
   Re: Don't kill yourself by exhaust fumes   
   19 Feb 25 09:39:50   
   
   XPost: alt.slack   
   From: skeeterweed@photonmail.com   
      
   In article <1r80bux.1cj9khk1vh3i5vN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, snipeco.2   
   @gmail.com says...   
   >   
   > jojo  wrote:   
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   > > % wrote:   
   > > > jojo wrote:   
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   > > >>> 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?   
   > > >>>>   
   >   
   > 700 Volts is way more than sufficient to stop your heart.  The most   
   > lethal shocks pass across the heart, i.e. hand to hand or hand to ground   
   > via the foot.  This is why, when working on live equipment, you should   
   > always keep one hand in your pocket.   
   >   
   > DC is more lethal than AC because when you grasp a conductor at high   
   > voltage, your muscles contract and lock you onto that conductor.  With   
   > DC the lock is continuous; with AC the voltage continually fluctuates   
   > and passes through zero volts twice each cycle, so it is not impossible   
   > to break that electrified muscle grip.   
   >   
   > Either AC or DC can kill you perfectly well, though.   
   >   
   > > >>>   
   > > >>> it's not the volts its the amps   
   > > >>   
   > > >> amps is number of electrons right... voltage is the force with   
   > > >> which they are being pushed...   
   > > >>   
   > > >   
   > > > Amps (amperes) are the unit of electric current in the   
   > > > International System of Units (SI). One ampere is equal to 1   
   > > > coulomb moving past a point per second. You can calculate amps   
   > > > using the formula I (A) = P (W) / V (V)   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > > and 1 coulomb is the charge of 1 electron right, so its 1   
   > > electron moving. why do people try to make things complicated.   
   > >   
   >   
   > IIRC (from a distance of 60 years) one Coulomb is the quantity of   
   > electric charge (number of electrons) required to raise the electric   
   > charge of a one Farad capacitor by one Volt.   
   >   
   > Farads are big, electrons are small; a Coulomb is a lot of electrons.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM   
      
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