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Diddlydee@feddit.uk 7 hours agoThat’s essentially a wearable Faraday cage. The metal suit acts as a highly conductive shield. It forces the electrical current to safely travel around the outside of the body rather than through it.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 6 hours ago
So, the electrical current is forced to travel around the outside of the body because it’s attracted to metal?
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 40 minutes ago
It is not attracted to metal. Metal provides excellent condition for the current to travel across the suit rather than the body. There is no magical attraction force.