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Re:Why is electricity so hard to understand? (1989) by amanaplanacanal on Saturday March 06, 2021 @10:44AM (#26368145)
More like by grabbing something metal and using it to bridge across the two terminals. It will get very hot very quickly.
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Re:Why is electricity so hard to understand? (1989) by fuzzfactor on Saturday March 06, 2021 @12:56PM (#26369168)
Wear your safety glasses and other PPE before vaporizing metal coathangers this way.
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Re:Why is electricity so hard to understand? (1989) by globular-toast on Saturday March 06, 2021 @11:25AM (#26368430)
Right, so you can add that as a third way electricity can harm you.
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