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no u wont.blva888 said:If you take a 3volt battery add a 3ohm resister to it you get 1amp. My question is this. If you touched the ciruit would you die or get shocked from it? I dont think i'm understanding electronics as i should understand it. I hope you all can help.
blva888 said:So then if you touched that circuit you would not get shocked because of your body resistance? I know that one amp will kill you.
blva888 said:The thing i am trying to understand is that if 3v and 3ohms make one amp and then you place each of your hands in the circuit you should die from it because it is one amp of current.
blva888 said:Ok now its makeing a bit more sense. That is what i thought.
Lets take say 1,000 volts and 1,000 ohms which would make 1 amp. now lets add me into the picture. Does that make the 1amp lower like it did before?
blva888 said:Ok so the reason why it wont be low enough is because of the voltage pushing the current threw the circuit? Did i get and understand this right?
blva888 said:Thanks for your continued help.
If you take the 1,000volts and then increase the resistance to something like 200,000ohms and then add you in the picture the current will be low enough to get a jolt and live?
blva888 said:I was using it as an example is all. but now i understand about voltage and current better, and why a stun gun with a nine volt battery can make a person fall to the ground. There is high voltage and low enough current to most likely not kill him. I understand that transformers step the voltage higher and the capaciters in the circuit can compound the current to get that higher. Am i right?
Oznog said:I most often see like 3 megaohms going from hand-to-hand on a multimeter. It varies a lot depending on how thick/moist the skin is and how far apart on the body it is. Just get a multimeter and test it with the high ohms scale, it's harmless.
If you put a 9v battery on your wet tongue you can get significant current, probably several mA. Stings awful, it makes your tastebud nerves go wild.
Peepsalot said:I'm not sure exactly, but I think I remember hearing that 30ma can be enough to kill. I might be way off here, it was many beers ago.