Random fact on amps

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:40 pm

One Amp of current is approximately 6,240,000,000,000,000,000 electrons per second.

You learn something every day.

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Streety · Post by **Streety** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:44 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: One Amp of current is approximately 6,240,000,000,000,000,000 electrons per second.

. . . and what is it exactly that these electrons doing?

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:23 pm

Moving along the wires and "switching partners" with other attoms. Electricity is a real dirty sex story.

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Streety · Post by **Streety** » Sun May 01, 2005 3:21 pm

You know for some reason I had never thought of electricity in those terms before.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun May 01, 2005 5:11 pm

A new way to look at things.

That's why 1 amp can kill you, it's screamng aids.

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rip_phreaker · Post by **rip_phreaker** » Thu May 05, 2005 11:36 pm

0-50 milliamps hurts
51-100 milliamps hurts like heck
101-500 milliamps will send ya to the hospital
501+ milliamps will send ya 6 feet under

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu May 05, 2005 11:51 pm

Yep like they say. Voltage plays somewhat a role in pain as well, but amps are what kill you in most cases. Well unless it's like 1,000,000 volts then chances are you're fried. Static electricity is a different story though. 1,000,000 volts is actually a typical shock where you see a blue spark. (or is it higher?)

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Streety · Post by **Streety** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:52 am

Even with 1 million volts it is still the current that kills you. Remember that voltage equals current multipled by resistance so assuming that resistance (your body) remains constant pushing up the voltage also pushes up the current.

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rip_phreaker · Post by **rip_phreaker** » Fri May 06, 2005 10:32 pm

it is for evey 10,000 volts electrocty jumps like 1 cm (.33 inches)

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