I couldn't see how the line wouldn't already be earthed by a more conductive connection. Hmmmmm. Back to a pre-GCSE level physics textbook for this Edd iThink
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:09 pm ] |
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Man 'killed by urinating on power line in ditch' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ditch.html |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Darwin entrant #1 |
Mythbusters effectively blew this kind of story out of the window, but if the power line was of sufficiently high voltage it's still possible. |
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:14 pm ] |
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I couldn't see how the line wouldn't already be earthed by a more conductive connection. Hmmmmm. Back to a pre-GCSE level physics textbook for this Edd iThink
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:15 pm ] |
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It might also depend on your health. If you are ill your urine may have extra salts in the fluid which could be conductive. A lot of variables though. You would need a continuous stream of urine as well. |
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:19 pm ] | |||||||||
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Not necessarily. Power's distributed at fairly substantial voltages to increase efficiency, I just can't see why a grounded wire could short by travelling through a person. I'm fairly certain I'm making a rather fundamental error, though. |
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| Author: | TheHobgob [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:23 pm ] |
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Just don't piss next to a power line? |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:04 pm ] | |||||||||
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A great general rule. 
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:26 pm ] | |||||||||
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+1 He probably slipped and fell onto the live wire as he was taking a pee. |
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| Author: | phantombudgie [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:40 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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+1 for needing to be reminded 
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:45 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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+1.5 They did do a real example on a cattle fence and Adam did get shocked from it, but you have to be VERY close, in the dark.... it's possible |
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| Author: | phantombudgie [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:10 pm ] | |||||||||
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Even in the dark, I think it's a natural instinct to make sure it's not too close to anything else when you're going 
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| Author: | belchingmatt [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:14 pm ] | |||||||||
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For most things they would get 10/10 for effort, but far less for a scientific approach. Perhaps the lack of human subjects is the problem. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:27 pm ] |
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His death came as a shock. 
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:10 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Like I said they did recreate it with Adam as a test subject with a normal cattle fence  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YriAP0iG ... re=related |
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| Author: | bally199 [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:19 pm ] | |||||||||
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I heard the court hearing was electrifying.
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