From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-48313-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1GBYq8-0008FH-88 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:22:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7BFK0Vj019131; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:20:00 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7BFGALv004587 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:16:13 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A1E83420 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:17:27 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4xvXXz2FkWn9 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:17:19 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [192.168.2.144] (unknown [192.168.2.144]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB81983436 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:17:19 +0200 (SAST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Very OT] - Kill-A-Watt (240V Version) to measure my Gentoo Server Power Usage From: Alan Mckinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200608111344.52975.nagatoro@gmail.com> References: <1154625941.27366.17.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <44DC5AF3.4050606@gmail.com> <1155295571.19873.19.camel@gentoo> <200608111344.52975.nagatoro@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:16:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1155309381.19873.46.camel@gentoo> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f1fd6eed-fa2e-4b88-91ef-2027e702f39a X-Archives-Hash: 973e94077e7b744c68dd891c6786f453 On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 13:44 +0200, Naga wrote: > On Friday 11 August 2006 13:26, Alan Mckinnon wrote: > > The current drawn through a conductor (in this case a live body) is > > determined by the voltage, and the resistance of the body itself. > > And in this case the surface that the body is in contact with. > > I other words don't stand in water when you get the shock (but rubber shoes > should work) :) On a side note, when I was still fixing things for a living I used to demonstrate to new trainees how current flow actually worked by deliberately touching the mains live on a running tv set in complete safety. Very very very few of them figured it out :-) The secret: - use one finger of one hand - wooden workbench - shoes alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list