Step Down Transformer (what's my best option?)

[Nigel Goodwin]

Being upstairs doesn't prevent a path to earth, it merely gives it a higher impedance/resistance - bear in mind your body resistance might be a couple of hundred K, so it forms a potential divider with the resistance to earth.

 

[Dr.EM]

Yeah, I just thought the resistance would be so incredibly high (many Giga ohms?) that you wouldn't feel anything at all (1850v source, according to the meter, which is what i'm testing really). Sitting on this office chair lessens the sensation. I thought the chair alone with all it's plastic would have a massive resistance too.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Yeah, I just thought the resistance would be so incredibly high (many Giga ohms?)

Try measuring it! - give a little thought on how to do it, remember ohms law!.

 

[Hero999]

Also your resistance tends to reduce with increasing voltage and the same goes for many materials.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Also your resistance tends to reduce with increasing voltage.

As your flesh burns and turns to carbon!

 

[n.house]

I whould just sell at home and buy one in the UK , after all thats where the Marsalls come from!