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Wolfgang, its NOT true that higher currents are more likely to cause
fibrillation. Higher currents cause the heart to stop and a stopped heart can
recover on its own. A heart if fibrillation if not stopped by a strong shock
is a heart that will die from lack of blood circulation.
There is a side problem with the higher voltages (240 and up) that can cause
the heart to stop. There can be a lot of heating and deep burns in the paths
followed by the current, at 7200 volts that current can lead to loss of
complete limbs, or in one case I investigated, a man's body ignited his
clothes from being stuck to 7200 volts, he was awing enough current to trip
the 50 amp reclosing circuit brears but they reclosed several times. His
family saw it happen.
I believe I've had more clients who were survivors of 7200 volt contacts than
widows killed by that voltage, and more widows from 120 volt contacts than
survivors.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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