MOTM

> I'm a degreed engineer and have worked for a utility company as have
> several of the members of this list.  I have worked with voltages
> close to a million volts.  I still try to be very careful when
> messing about with 110 or 220.

Is there any truth to the story that 110V is more likely to kill you than
really big voltages? The story goes that if you bridge a large potential
with some part of your body, the physiological reaction is likely to blow
you right out of the circuit fairly quickly; whereas if you insert yourself
as a conductor of 110V, you'll twitch around a bit but will stay in the
circuit long enough for your heart to fibrillate and shut down, your flesh
start to cook, etc.?

--Adam
(who really doesn't like messing with AC, and kept the AC wiring in his
cabinet as simple as possible: two wires between the power supply and an
integrated switch/fuse/AC power cord receptacle, mounted on the rear. Big
wires, nicely shrink-wrapped.)