parrott15 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

65 milliamps (.065 amps) can kill, IF THE CURRENT TRAVELS THROUGH THE HEART; the human body can have as low as 300 ohms of resistance. That means as little as 30 volts can supply a deadly current.

TheYaette (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

very interesting. :o

AsktheBuilder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm consumer certified. That's all that matters. You miss the point. Homeowners need to be reminded that this household electricity (120 volts typically delivering 15-20 amps on a branch circuit) CAN and will kill you. If that wasn't the case, there would have never been any need for those hundreds of millions of GFCI outlets and breakers that are found in all new homes and businesses. Consumers don't care what the *technical* definition of High Voltage is. They care about staying alive.

slicer119 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

oh, yea i think you are right my mistake, well today i finished wiring up 3 way switch and it works perfect

AsktheBuilder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I believe you may have amps confused with volts. If what you say is true, you would die when you placed a 9-volt battery's terminals on your tongue.

slicer119 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

is it true that .5 of a volt can kill you, my electronics teacher told me that, my project is to set up a 3 way switch

thefirstofthefirst (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you are using 110v. 600v or higher is considered high voltage. your not osha certified are you?

maltyful (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Different ways to wire for 3 ways. the line or power could come to the light first with a switch leg (no neutral white id as hot) or to any of the two switch boxes and the white wire could be hot and should be identified with black tape or marker.

AsktheBuilder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You just have to watch the video again several times until you understand it. It's that easy.

ulujm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ok her my problem my 3way switch doesn't work properly. upstair I have 3 wires coming from the wll and same downstair. in each case I plug the hot wire on the black screw. I don't know what the 2 others wire are? so any way I pluged them on the 2 left screws ramdomly. but the system is not working as it should meaning sometime I need to go back upstair or downstair to turn on the light.