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Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote

I don't hink you would be working on cars in bare feet though would you?


Lots of us do in summer.

"Jethro_uk" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:47:36 +0100, Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote:

Brian Gaff (Sofa) laid this down on his screen :
Well the key is where you take the shock. It only takes a surprisingly
small current across the chest to kill you merely by stopping your
heart, that is why the one hand in your pocket advice is so useful.

Across the chest is the worst possible type of shock, almost as bad is
from the hand and down through the body to the wet feet.


Which is almost impossible to avoid in cars ... one hand on the chassis,
the other poking around near the HT leads ...