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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
Well I must say that this amateur electrician know it all has learned something here with this link I provided. If you told me a simple few milliamps could kill you in water I would have said your nuts. And that salt water for the most part will not allow enough current to pass through you. Good info here.
http://www.boatus.com/seaworthy/maga...-explained.asp |
Salt water is sort of like a Faraday cage in this regard. The current follows the path of least resistance so it goes around the human body in salt water.