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Why is it called 110volt and 220volt? Sheesh...
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on October 30, 2006, 11:46:26 am ---Chad's right, if depressing. Get tangled up in that and it'll burn you to a cinder after it stops your
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post?
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 30, 2006, 11:54:25 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on October 30, 2006, 11:46:26 am ---Chad's right, if depressing. Get tangled up in that and it'll burn you to a cinder after it stops your
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post?
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Good answer. I hate when the rest of my post gets lost in the ether.
I was gonna say heart. You become a 200A biological fuse.
ChadTower:
I was thinking maybe you tripped your fuse before finishing the post.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 26, 2006, 02:48:50 pm ---
They are step down transformers. The voltage on those overhead lines is high enough to flash fry a person. Those transformers step the voltage down right before it comes into your house.
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And they're full of dielectric oil. At least the ones I've seen are.
Random24:
A bit off topic, but here is a neat video of what happens when a power station's 500 KVA switch is thrown.
http://mfile.akamai.com/5022/wmv/coast.download.akamai.com/5022/video/LugoSWR.asx
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