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The grabbing is a function of AC vs DC. They are only 10Hz apart and will have the same effect. The higher voltage may be more likely to throw you, but you can easily die from both systems.If you accidentally touch a 60Hz mains, your nervous system "grabs" the cable and you can't let go, and like as not, you're dead.
If you accidentally touch a 50Hz mains, the nervous reaction is the opposite, you "let go" and your hand flies away.
So you're more likely to die from electrocution in America, despite the mains voltage being only half that of most other countries in the world. That's engineers for ya.
The 60 cycles per minute is far more dangerous on the AC as it is about the same as your own electrical system—the one inside your body.
Your body can't tell the difference between 50 and 60hz. You'll go into arrhythmia from either one.
In Australia, yep, we study maths, mate...though I didn't do much studying in that field, and usually just bludged my way through most classes, because I couldn't give two hoots about it.
I don't have battery's above 9 volt. I don't poke around in tv's, iniside electrical equipment, I don't use stun-guns for play or work, not liekly to get my finger in an outlet and baring an unfortunate vibrator accident not much chance of damage by what I do, do. Yes, I know, I typed do do.
I’m going to start trying to popularize the term “wall tap” rather than “plug.”"Mains" has been UK usage to me since I was a wee lad, denoting a 240VAC wall tap. Wall outlet power in the US? Nothing consistent comes to mind, although "110V plug-in" seems to bubble up in product instructions and similar.
What makes you think that '-our' is falling out of favour?
Should I ever be unfortunate enough to get electrocuted, I'm sure I'll be like, "Is that AC or DC, feels like about 440 volts of AC to me."
Sounds like you turn the spicket a little and the electricity drizels out, a lot and it pours forth.
That's the point - I've seen the science on it somewhere, and there is a difference in the reflex. I've taken 240 volt 50Hz jolts many times, and it's always the jump away.
Yep, that'll do it. The craziest DC volts I've dealt with is 850 with 160mA on the B+ supply, for my version of an Ongaku, which I've got in test at the moment. My safety routines, suffice to say, are very rigorous. I've no intention of getting hit by that supply.
The full-length word ends in 's,' so I don't find 'maths' to be odd.The plural makes it sound like there were more of them. One was more than enough for me. I majored in English for a reason.
Math wasn't my strongest subject, no matter how many of them there were. Maybe I just forgot to add one, and it was maths the whole time.
Huh. I like to think I have a reasonable working knowledge of US English but I'd missed that one until now.
I discovered that one when preparing for some major contract negotiations with Aussies and Yanks on the same side of the table. Just as well we gamed the negotiation beforehand, and figured out the puzzled looks. But then we were negotiating with the French, and I'm damned if I can remember their convention.
The very same city where the Ceaser salad originated; in a restaurant called Ceaser's.
Well, that's shocking!
'Maths' isn't a plural; like 'math' it's an abbreviation of mathematics. All three are uncountable nouns and are only used with a singular verb. Like many differences between American English and actual English, it always seemed to me morel like Americans were just being cantankerous in altering words and interpretations of them contrary to the English convention in Britain.The plural makes it sound like there were more of them. One was more than enough for me. I majored in English for a reason.
Math wasn't my strongest subject, no matter how many of them there were. Maybe I just forgot to add one, and it was maths the whole time.
Why? It makes no sense whatsoever.
