Intel Readies ATX 12VHPWR Connector Revision to Address Improper-Contact Fire Hazards

[LabRat 891]

Safer in what way? IMO NA electrical systems are simply a mess, the voltage being halved doesn't make it safer in any meaningfull way while making it more dangerous by using double the current for anything and also wasting more power doing so.

A. You're proving just how arguable (which I mentioned) it is.
B. 50hz240VAC peak to peak is over 300V-on a single Hot. US's implementation is <170vac on each of the 2 Hots.

There are people with dry skin that can literally 'hang onto' NA mains and feel at most a tingle. (Don't do this, ever. Please.
It's an extreme example.
Most of those that can safely do such madness, have diagnosed dermatological problems)

 

[trsttte]

A. You're proving just how arguable (which I mentioned) it is.
B. 50hz240VAC peak to peak is over 300V-on a single Hot. US's implementation is <170vac on each of the 2 Hots.

There are people with dry skin that can literally 'hang onto' NA mains and feel at most a tingle. (Don't do this, ever. Please.
It's an extreme example.
Most of those that can safely do such madness, have diagnosed dermatological problems)

Exactly, the threshold of skin isolation is usually considered as 50V, so 120 or 230 is irrelevant. Protection equipment cost for either voltage is not meaningfully different either.

I don't think it's arguable, it's simply not true, you get no meaningfull safety benefit, you'll die either from 120V, 230V or from a serious dermatological problem

 

[Rais]

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My first time seeing someone praising NA system as "safer" without being sarcastic