"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> So it seems putting 250 V through your hands isn't necessarily an instant 
> fatality like they tell you on TV.
>

Through your hands, no. Through othe parts of your body, maybe.

I've been zapped by mains current once (240V, SA standard). I was trying to 
remove the network cable from a server (10-base-2, coax), and as I turned it 
to unplug it, my wrist brushed against the power cable, which was missing 
insulation right at that point.
Next thing I was sitting with my back to the wall of the server cupboard 
(1/2 a metre from the server)

I'd been resting elbows on the floor of the cupboard, so the current only 
flowed wrist to elbow, but I couldn't write or type properly for a short 
while afterwards.

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