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• krisevol@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Because amps is the results of volts and resistance. It’s the volts that kill you, amps are just the result.

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  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That is very educational, more than I was hoping for. Thank you!

    I’ve heard that saying over and over throughout my life, too, (by laymen, never actual electricians lol) and I was always confused by it.

    I was always trying to think “Okay is there some crazy high-voltage-low-amperage shock source you can sustain and be fine?” I guess I thought the difference was between something like, a taser vs. a home electrical socket.

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    • Arcka@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Kind of, but they are misunderstanding the saying. It refers to the fact that if the available supply of current (maybe it should say power?) is sufficiently limited, it is possible for a person’s body to conduct hundreds of thousands to millions of volts without pain or injury.

      That said, high voltage behaves different and there are a lot of factors that make it unsafe.

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