If we assume cats pee is the same concentration of salt as seawater, then its resistance is 0.2 ohms per metre.
If we assume the closest live and neutral get in the socket is about 1cm, then the resistance of the pee is 0.002 ohms.
At 110 volts, that would cause a current of 55000 amps.
Ok, so it could happen :-)
Don't they have fuses in the US?
Love the photo of the stinking cats on the bed. How disgusting. Just as I said, cats owners are pikeys with dirty houses that stink.
Where did you get the 0.2 ohm per metre from? You cannot calculate the resistance without knowing the cross sectional area of the metre of piss.
Bugger. I searched for it and found the answer on google. I assumed it was talking about point to point resistance, eg measured with a meter, or in this case the terminals inside the socket. Of course if it was a very thin line of piss, it would be a higher resistance, but I'm assuming the cat flooded the socket.
Oh dear oh dear.
Resistance is proportional to *length* divided by cross sectional *area*
length over area has the dimension of one over length, or *ohms per metre*....
Stick a point source of electricity in a swimming pool. Eg the end of a live wire and the end of a neutral wire. That is the resistance required, as we can assume the socket is flooded with piss. Know anywhere you can get the conductivity of salt water? I'm just going by things I found on forums as it isn't officially listed.
So are we talking about ohm metres or cats wih one metre cross sectional japs eyes?
The electricity went though the discarded piss, not the cat itself.
I was,
or cats wih one metre cross sectional
Don't be sillier than is absolutely necessary.
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Oh dear
Resistivity is defined as the resistance across a metre cube and a resistor has resistance depending on length and cross section.
Don't make fun of Adam's sexual perversions.
You are talking bollocks.
Give him a break. He's got home, having worked like stink all day, and had a couple of drinks. He's entitled to be silly.
It was a male cat?
Are you asking a proper question or trying to to take the piss?
I was taking the piss. Why do you ask?
That's nice dear. How are your fanny licker dogs?
Yes but the *unit* is ohm-metres
Ok, once you're all done arguing, what is the resistance of salt water 1cm across and about the same wide?
So too it appears are the people who wrote the wiki
I cannot believe how thick people are these days, this is basic O level science stuff.
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