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Re: FYI data for "realistic" problems



On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:19:50 -0500 Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>
writes:
Well, 28 amps may be gross, but a AA pack casually dropped into
one's pocket, can short circuit across a quarter (for instance) thereby
causing a burn on the leg in addition to some melted plastic
threads.

What do you mean by "a AA pack"?

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
( Where the terminals our AA cells are too
far apart to be shorted with only one quarter)