I'm going to take a stab at what I've learned.  (I promise that as soon as =
I have time, I'll get into the math part.  But this is documented in the ba=
by books so I should be able to do it.)

If given a huge amounts of amps that my battery can deliver, when you say o=
ne volt may not kill me, but 200 would, then it is the resistance in my bod=
y that is the factor.  And thus higher voltages overcome resistance more th=
an lower voltages.

I'm SURE on this list I've been given a mathematical solution to this, so I=
'll figure that one out myself.  :-)

Lindy

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of=
 Byron Jeff
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:40 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] Thought experiment: Understanding volts vs amps

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 04:41:09PM +0000, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
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> So, it would work just fine.  It'd be dangerous has heck without extra pr=
otection, but would work. =20

Not exactly. Because the voltage is so low, you'd have to deliver a lot mor=
e current in order to deliver the same power. So you'd have to change all t=
he house wiring to accomodate the change in voltage.


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