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Low volt, High Amp current?

Asked by krishnar (1points) April 6th, 2018

I know low volt-high amp current as in electroplating is not lethal. For eg 12–15V DC ,150 Amp-300 Amps are common. But it does not induce lethal shock. How?

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Imagine a car battery. They are 12–15V and are capable of delivering 600 amps – when there is a conductor with very low resistance across the terminal. (Volts / current = resistance) so 12 volts/ 600 amps – 0.02 ohms. I human is much larger resistance. You can easily measure yourself with a $10 volt meter. Figure a human is 1 meg ohm or 1,000,000 ohm.
If you connect yourself to a car battery you will only get 12v/1,000,000 ohms = 12 microamps. Nothing.

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