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Default Electricity in a filled bathub

According to Mark Lloyd :
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:43:49 GMT, "Pop`"
wrote:


I think someone said that 300 mA or 0.3A was needed to electrocute you. Or
was it 130 mA?


I heard 30mA.


Anything over about 15ma can be lethal thru external skin contact,
depending on the circumstances.

But it depends. People have been killed by a couple of
microamps. Open heart surgery, ground loop through some (defective)
equipment. That's why hospitals are anal about grounding.
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