In article , Harry Bloomfield
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In article , Harry Bloomfield
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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.

Cite?

You will find a citation somewhere in the URL copied in my sig. Sorry I
don't remember the actual page, but it was based upon valid research
done upon the subject of such risks.

That's a bit lazy isnt it :-?

The request for cite was the politest possible suggestion that ******** was
being spake.

Wikipedia's summary is pretty much as I understand it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock

In brief (human):
1mA threshold of perception
5mA maximum current which would be harmless
snip
100-300mA ventricular fibrillation. Can be fatal.
snip

Human fatality at 1mA seems extremely unlikely but yes I did read the
microshock link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microshock
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