The average voltage of your typical static shock, delivered from wool carpeting-now we’re not talking amperage here, which is negligible- varies with air temperature and humidity levels, but should be….
As I recall, for a spark to jump across air takes about 10,000 volts per inch, so a spark that jumps 1/4 inch would be about 2500 volts, albeit with virtually no amperage. Now, use a lot of small jolts to energize some large capacitors and you might have something….
When I was designing phones for a PBX, the worst case scenario depicted (whether true or not) was, “A fat woman in Minnesota in the middle of winter can build up to 30,000 volts of static.” I think it had to do with very dry air and a more even layer of adipose tissue. We had to design for that eventuality to keep from frying the IC’s inside the phones.
It won’t work. I think that was Edison’s whole point when he suggested the electric chair as a means of using alternating current to kill people, thus demonstrating that his favored direct current was safer for consumers
Superfrog over 8 years ago
He’d prefer to be discharged.
Toonerific over 8 years ago
Shocking!
whiteheron over 8 years ago
I don’t know about cruel, but definitely unusual punishment.
Plods with ...™ over 8 years ago
Gonna annoy him to death.
gammaguy over 8 years ago
And if that doesn’t work, you can try boring him to death with statistics.
gammaguy over 8 years ago
The electric chair: Voltemort.
wellinever over 8 years ago
The average voltage of your typical static shock, delivered from wool carpeting-now we’re not talking amperage here, which is negligible- varies with air temperature and humidity levels, but should be….
Carl R over 8 years ago
As I recall, for a spark to jump across air takes about 10,000 volts per inch, so a spark that jumps 1/4 inch would be about 2500 volts, albeit with virtually no amperage. Now, use a lot of small jolts to energize some large capacitors and you might have something….
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
They need to call The Traveling Executioner…
Farside99 over 8 years ago
When I was designing phones for a PBX, the worst case scenario depicted (whether true or not) was, “A fat woman in Minnesota in the middle of winter can build up to 30,000 volts of static.” I think it had to do with very dry air and a more even layer of adipose tissue. We had to design for that eventuality to keep from frying the IC’s inside the phones.
daleandkristen over 8 years ago
I giggled out loud!!!
johngregor Premium Member over 8 years ago
It won’t work. I think that was Edison’s whole point when he suggested the electric chair as a means of using alternating current to kill people, thus demonstrating that his favored direct current was safer for consumers