Electrical Current Felt in Light Cover?

[2slo4me]

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[CHEMCHEF]

lick a socket
LOL
Only if I want to see if it's working

if you want to go sticking your hand in saltwater to find a short circuit, who the hell am i to stop you. go crazy. lick a socket, see if your finger can function as a fuse, try out the old ben franklin with a kite trick, anything your little heart desires...

however, telling other people to that a possible short near or in your tank isn't something to be taken very seriously is just irresponsible no matter how you cut it.

 

[Harif87]

I cant believe someone would even say that - "its only 120 volts".... thats totally sick.

Fooling around with electrical work, especially near SALT WATER, is extremely hazardous and most definitely potentially fatal. There is no question. There have been several counts of electricians getting killed on the job in Brooklyn alone.

Electricity is NO joke. Seriously man, why the hell would you ever ever ever be lenient on something like this?

 

[DCG1286]

http://www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/010892.html

 

[sakura51707]

"How many times have your heard that it's not the volts that'll kill you, but the amps? While mostly true (it takes only 100mA to stop your heart), amps and volts are eternally bound together by Ohm's Law:V = IR. In plain English: volts (V) equals current (I) times resistance (R). So, assuming resistance is constant, voltage and current are in lockstep. As one goes up, so does the other, and vice versa. You can't have a lot of amps without a lot of volts.

So, back to which kills you, the amps or volts. Given your body is a constant resistance, it really is a combination of both. Higher voltage means higher amperage, and thus higher voltage has more potential to kill. It takes only 100mA to stop your heart. I believe the resistance of a person with dry skin is somewhere around 100,000 ohms. This means, even touching 120V is far from lethal. The problem is wet skin is around 1,000 ohms, and the inside of your body is even lower, thus making 120V potentially lethal."-Google