one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

gigampere

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re: one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

this was originally going to say kiloampere, but then we realized that's not at all out of the realm of possibility in industrial and power distribution systems, so it wouldn't terrify *any* electrical engineer

re: one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

@Felthry oh yeah I've worked with a 3kA system.

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