"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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on 04/07/2007, Dave Plowman (News) supposed :
It's got more than enough oomph to kill anyone, if 240 will kill a horse.

With a human, a few watts are enough, and these are capable of hundreds.

1mA at 240v is enough to kill a human - animals are supposedly even more
sensitive.

I don't get this leccy thing at all. 12v doesn't hurt if you touch both
terminals. My electric fence at 8,200V (yes 8.2KV) stings a bit but doesn't
kill, yet somewhere in the middle, 1mA at 240v can kill??