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Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:32:46 -0400
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In a normally functioning PC, the AC circuit is the
only high current source and it is shielded/contained
within the power supply.

BUT.... if it was a normally functioning PC,
the tech would not have been there...... <grin>

When circuits go bad.....
who knows what current (or voltage) will be where....

Jim Meagher

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew S" <[log in to unmask]>

> > I once had to rush an IBM Tech to the hospital after he grabbed the
wrong
> wire.
>
> What wire in the computer (except those directly from the p/s) carries
> enough current to send a person to the hospital? Failing that, why would
> there be an unshielded wire in there that could carry that much current
> anyway? I'd think electric interferance right away....
>

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