[... stuff about why the car died intermitantly, deleted...]
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>> would die. (I know, current really flows from Negative to Positive,
>> but what the heck...)
Yes current flows from negitive to positive, but is it hole flow or
electron flow :-)
>> As for your hair curling experiment, were you by any chance wearing
>> rubber- soled shoes? I'm inclined to suspect that you were in contact
Oh yea, they were rubber soled shoes.
>> with some high voltage part long before you touched the offending
>> chafed wire, but the current had no way to zap you because you
>> weren't providing a ground through your shoes, or anywhere else.
>> However, once you touched the defective wire that was providing an
>> unwanted ground to the car body, Presto! Or should I say, Ka-POW!
No it's hair by Lucas #:-)
>> Andrew C. Green Datalogics, Inc. Internet: acg@dlogics.com 441 W.
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Bruce...
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