Re: Bizzare Blooper in Battlefield


"Chancellor_Goth" <eye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Ronnie Clark"
<ronnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote in message news:drh92a$mnc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> > McCoy seemed convinced he saved her from electrocution... Alas, for
her
> > to
> >> > have been electrocuted electricity would have to behave in a
different
> >> > manner to how it does.
> >>
> >> Water, live cables - that's why the AFM/PA shouts for everyone to get
> > clear
> >> of the floor.
> >
> > Contrary to what Hollywood would have us believe, electricity is only
> > dangerous when a significant current passes through the body. This only
> > occurs when the body becomes the path of least of resistance, each limb
> > having approximately a resistance of 600 ohms each. Water has a much
> > lower
> > resistance, depending on volume and dimensions, etc. In the case of a
tank
> > of water such as that in Battlefield, it is at least three orders of
> > magnitude less resistant. Further, electricty only flows where there is
a
> > difference in voltage. In an electrical fauly, this is usually between
> > whatever is fault and earth. In the case of that tank of water, wherever
> > "earth" may be, it is best achieved through Sophie Aldred but instead
> > around
> > here. Probably entirely beneath her. Another thing to consider is that
> > electricity flows around the outside of a conductor.
>
> Irrelevant.

Discussion of the behaviour of electricity is irrelevant to determining
whether Sophie Aldred would have been electrocuted? How curious.

> She's mostly water, and in water.

There was a nice convenient layer of skin between her water and the tank
water.

> The BBC Health and Safety rules say water should not be on studio floors
> where live cables and power supply sockets are.
>
> They obeyed the H&S rules. Very suprised your pseudo-intellectual wanking
> seems to assume that's wrong.

I made no comment on H&S rules and whether they were right or wrong to
follow them. I merely commented that McCoy wrongly believed that he saved
her life.

>Tell you what, put your money where your
> mouth is: get in a bath and I'll throw in an electric appliance.

I'd be happy to, if you really think that would prove anything.


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