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wearing steel-toed boots hasn't got much to do ,if anything at all,with the accident.the same was also discussed and pointed out on uk forum , http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17762

Of course ,it's the "amps" that kills,not voltage.There's no issue about that. But there are no "amps" without "volts".Ohm's law.(Only in superconductors this is possible,which ain't the case here) Man can sit on a 110 000 V power line,with no consequences ,as long as you don't close...

Hmm guys,anybody here from UK /London-Liverpool area to investigate more detaily what really happend in the case of Sam Cunningham? The most important is to find out how far was his shoe from the 25 kV line when the arc was triggered.:)BTW,if people wonder how he could survive they should read...

I've seen that in real enviroment in person :)

99 times nothing would happen ,but 100th time.. When the *stream* of urine remains continuous ,it might be fatal.That poor man was found dead ,with unzipped well hmm .. Firstly they thought it was an ordinary heart attack,but authopsy confirmed the electrocution (no eyewitneses what happend)...

Well,the insulators between pylon tower parts (which is grounded) and it's power lines for the nominal voltage level of 220,000 V are only ~6 ft long.What do you conclude from that about shocking person 6 feet away by 115 000 V line? It must be a really bad weather :) But if you want to...

I should also add that few years ago my father investigated the electrocution of the person found dead on the tram bridge.It turned out that he pissed from the bridge to the power line several feet away.He had closed the gap in this way (urine is an excellent electrolite).He was drunk doing...

Much closer than 1' I would say! In HV engineerig 25000 V is a relatively small voltage.Since this is AC voltage ,peak is about is about 37000 V (assuming nominal ~25kV).That voltage level would be capable to jump only over gaps 1/2" to 2" wide (depending on the geometry of electrodes and the...