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one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

gigampere

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

one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

@Felthry AAAAAA

one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

@Felthry @rey I'm not an EE but I'm reeling in fear

re: one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

@Felthry @rey that's SEVERAL orders of magnitude more than lightning

re: one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

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

re: one word to terrify any electrical engineer 

@Felthry THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

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