On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:28:57 -0800 ChairmanOfTheBored wrote: | On 9 Dec 2007 17:20:42 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@ipal.net wrote: | |>On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:02:25 -0800 ChairmanOfTheBored wrote: |>| On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:33:23 -0800 (PST), Bayou Self |>| wrote: |>| |>|>My son needs me to help him with a school project--a simple circuit |>|>with a switch. He said he wants to use a light bulb, a switch, and |>|>have it plug into the wall. Is this inherently dangerous? BTW, he's in |>|>9th grade and says he saw a setup like this on the teacher's desk. |>|>Thanks. |>| |>| |>| Better off using a DC light bulb socket, bulb, and a switch. |>| |>| Yes, AC can be dangerous. If there are any exposed contacts, then the |>| AC will be available for human contact, and that is a bad thing. |>
|>So 120VDC is safe? | | Show me where I ever said anything about 120V DC, or for that matter, | show me where ANYONE in industry, much less consumer electronics, or home | improvement uses 120V DC.
Read the quoted text. It's saying something is dangerous because of the nature of the electrical system, rather than it's voltage level. I brought up 120VDC to show the misdirected statement about danger.
|>| With low voltage DC, the most that can happen would be a hot wire |>| causing a burn in the event of a short.Not really much else could happen. |>
|>So 12VAC is dangerous? | | You could be a little more retarded, just not today.
So why did you say "DC"? Why not just say "With low voltage, the most that can happen would be a hot wire causing a burn in the event of a short. Not really much else could happen."
Your incomplete and off-target statements can be misleading.