Electrophoresis safety question

[rdudley at my-dejanews.com]

In article <35899E1E.7E0A at Virginia.edu>,
  rjl6n at virginia.edu wrote:
>
> rdudley at nrc.uab.edu wrote:
> > Just an FYI about sequencing gels--2000V is the setting used on Alabama's
> > electric chair.
>
> Which is completely irrelevant in this context since the amount of
> current that is passed is considerably different.
> ----------------
> John Lye
>
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>

Ummm, no.  Current passing through body is pretty much current passing through
body.  Seeing 2000V only pull a few-score mA really makes me wonder what the
path of least resistance is--me or the gel.

rich

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