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"Joe" wrote in message ...
Any farm boys in the group? I remember getting tricked into peeing on an
electric fence when I was a kid. Must have been the salt. My mom always said
I used
too much. ;-)

Yes, unfortunately, I can relate to that story as well. However, I did get to play it on many city
cousins. :)
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Steve
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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If I ever had been tricked into peeing on an electric fence....I don't
think I would ever tell anybody!!!!!! g

JK
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Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003, 5:23pm From:
(Joe)
Any farm boys in the group? I remember getting tricked into peeing on an
electric fence when I was a kid. Must have been the salt. My mom always
said I used
too much. ;-)
Joe Z.
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As far as electroshocking - you can force a current to jump from one
electrode
to another and shock the fish in between, just like you can force a
current to
jump between two electrodes in the air. But the air, and the water, are
not conductors.
We used to have a guy come around to the schools from the power company.
He would hook up a light bulb on one wire and run the end down into a
beaker of water. Another wire would be plugged in and run into the water
about six inches away. The light bulb would not light until he touched
the two wires together.
I think sal****er, if salty enough, will conduct electricty, as will
other solutions.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

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it is very unlikely that it happened that way. more than likely the water
from the hose created standing water on the floor which in turn carried the
electrical current from the box or other source to the fireman. water most
certainly is a conductor and any basic science teacher can set up an
experiment to prove conductivity with a battery, penny and piece of zinc.

i am not in any way calling you a liar, and concede that it is in theory
possible that the current followed the water jet from the hose, but i
suspect the current more likely flowed from the water on the floor.

just to stay on topic, the bass in southern missouri (table rock-bull
shoals) are 1/2 way back in the coves, near the channel and setting in 15-20
feet and feeding like crazy. good fishing times right now.

peace to all,

crownliner
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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Water is able to conduct electricity

Water by itself will not conduct electricity. Other things become better
conductors when wet tho.

Tell that to one of our firefighters. We had a basement fire, thick
choking smoke, unable to see
anything but a dull orange glow of the fire. He advanced the line near
the fire and opened the
nozzle. The homeowner had left the circuit breaker box open with the
cover removed. Electricity
went down the hose stream until the transformer on the pole blew, leaving
him unconscious. We
carried him out, twitching and scorched. He survived the experience, but
you'll have a hard time
convincing him that water does not conduct electricity. It might not
conduct as well as other
things, but I for one believe that it does! Otherwise, boom shocking
electro surveys wouldn't work.
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Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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Any farm boys in the group? I remember getting tricked into peeing on
an electric fence when I was a kid.

Yep, same here. Also fooled a city cousin into it, topped off by him not
believing what would happen if he straddled a cow patty and dropped a
large rock on it.

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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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I was wading the Tridelphia Res. up in Maryland and my legs
started to tingle, so I started walking back towards bank and it got
worse.
Then I finally almost stepped on an unmarked, unburied electrical
cable..ouch. Glad I saw it before I stepped on it.

I think the wet ground you were standing on was what was conducting the
current, not the water.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Distilled water conducts very little. But add some contamination, anything
acid really helps and you get conduction. Most water is not really pure
that is found in nature, and with acid rain, becomes slightly acidic.
Therefore a conductor. Same with the water that comes out of a firehose.
May be non neutral Ph wise, so conducts. And is most likely non neutal Ph
wise.
Bill

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Any farm boys in the group? I remember getting tricked into peeing on an
electric fence when I was a kid.

Yep - I done that. That's something you'll only do once.

Bass Wishes from South Florida
Jack

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