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<blockquote data-quote="erikvw" data-source="post: 162432" data-attributes="member: 547050">I&#039;ve missed so much since Friday //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Put my new system in this weekend and now have a huge headache. Bottom line to the whole voltage/amp argument is that amps kill you, not voltage although the higher the voltage the lower the amperage needed to be fatal I believe. And as far as any power from your wall, your circuit breaker *should* keep you from being killed although I think the whole &quot;hair dryer in the bathtub&quot; will still kill you because of the high power all it takes just to run the thing. I think most are rated at about 1500 watts and the 1/10 of a second that the current hits you is all it takes to shut down everything.&nbsp;I would have to guess that there is a qualifier on the pinky muscle thing that it&#039;s the strongest for it&#039;s size? I am pretty sure that&#039;s what you were getting at and I think the real arument over the strength of the heart mucsle would be how hard can it contract. Of course you could crush it and stop it from beating, it has no mechanism for expansion as far as I know, only the power to contract to pump blood. I&#039;m not sure what the whole 120 over 80 measure of blood pressure means but I&#039;m sure you could figure how strong the heart is by figuring out how much liquid is moved how far thru how much resistance etc. I&#039;d be willing to bet it&#039;s stronger than most would guess.Side trivia: I&#039;m told the strongest muscle in the body is the jaw. Another note: I&#039;m no super smart guy, I just work in a building with a bunch of them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifOne more:I think the reason you have a hard time breathing in a very loud auto would be due more to pressure levels than frequency and volume. I realize these two are intrinsically linked though and you really can&#039;t have one without the other. Basically someone punching you in the back will make breathing difficult as well, I&#039;m still not seeing how the freq could hurt anything, we&#039;re exposed to all sorts of freqs outside our perceptable range all day every day and as far as I can tell I&#039;m no worse off for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="erikvw, post: 162432, member: 547050"] I've missed so much since Friday [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Put my new system in this weekend and now have a huge headache. Bottom line to the whole voltage/amp argument is that amps kill you, not voltage although the higher the voltage the lower the amperage needed to be fatal I believe. And as far as any power from your wall, your circuit breaker *should* keep you from being killed although I think the whole "hair dryer in the bathtub" will still kill you because of the high power all it takes just to run the thing. I think most are rated at about 1500 watts and the 1/10 of a second that the current hits you is all it takes to shut down everything. I would have to guess that there is a qualifier on the pinky muscle thing that it's the strongest for it's size? I am pretty sure that's what you were getting at and I think the real arument over the strength of the heart mucsle would be how hard can it contract. Of course you could crush it and stop it from beating, it has no mechanism for expansion as far as I know, only the power to contract to pump blood. I'm not sure what the whole 120 over 80 measure of blood pressure means but I'm sure you could figure how strong the heart is by figuring out how much liquid is moved how far thru how much resistance etc. I'd be willing to bet it's stronger than most would guess. Side trivia: I'm told the strongest muscle in the body is the jaw. Another note: I'm no super smart guy, I just work in a building with a bunch of them [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] One more: I think the reason you have a hard time breathing in a very loud auto would be due more to pressure levels than frequency and volume. I realize these two are intrinsically linked though and you really can't have one without the other. Basically someone punching you in the back will make breathing difficult as well, I'm still not seeing how the freq could hurt anything, we're exposed to all sorts of freqs outside our perceptable range all day every day and as far as I can tell I'm no worse off for it. [/QUOTE]

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