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Against an ordinary 3rd rail, yes - these tend to be below 1500V DC per Wikipedia [1] and the German systems I know of all are at 750V nominal voltage, with only Hamburg's S-Bahn operating at 1200V.

Against an overhead line, say if you're urinating from a bridge? That's 15-25 kV if it's rail. I would not dare risk my chances there - and most bridges I know have "piss shields" or generally raised walls to prevent people from trying.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromschiene#Nennspannungen_be...




Not suggesting anyone try peeing on anything that has current flowing through it :P

Was just bringing it up because the stream would need to be unbroken in order for the nanobots to swim up it.


Less than a handful of years ago some kid died doing that around here.




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