unknown wrote:

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:58:50 -0500, Jim Redelfs
wrote:


In article , "glenn P"
wrote:


Actually DC can be just as dangerous as AC.

Agreed.

An electric chair uses DC somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000-volts.


At one time "westinghouse" meant "electrocute"?


I used to think it described a place where you went to "west" after a
long day's work.

I remember the stories about the Edison (DC) and Westinghouse (AC)
rivalry and how Edison argued that AC was more dangerous. Edison even
went so far as to electrocute an elephant to support his case.

Don't watch this if you're an animal rights type:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnHXS...son%20elephant

Jeff

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