On Wed 02 Nov 2005 05:29:38a, PaPaPeng wrote in alt.home.repair:

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:05:41 -0600, wrote:

WACO, Texas (AP) -- A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted
inside his church Sunday morning after adjusting a nearby microphone
while standing in water, a church employee said.


Doesn't sound right. The juice to drive a microphone is in the low DC
voltage value and runs on milliamps. Its even weaker than the current
that drives the big speakers. Water or no water I have never come
across anyone being zapped by a frayed microphone wire let alone
suffer injury by one.

Depends on the system. PA systems often run both speaker and microphone
circuits on voltages that could be high enough to do this, given water and
ground. I can remember being shocked by a PA mike that was improperly
grounded.

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