[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos 100% false Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by TML [Email] (#2212) [Profile/Gallery] (more from TML) on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:30:45 In Reply to: Re: Amps not volts...., AdamB [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:56:45 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

No offense, but you don't know what you're talking about. This whole "it's the amps, not the volts" argument is the product of incomplete knowledge. Ohm's law states that the amount of current that passes through a conductor (in this case you) is proportional to the voltage divided by the resistance. It doesn't matter if the 110V or 220V is rated to supply 15A, 1A, or 1000000A. The human body will provide a load on the order of hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of ohms (less when wet). For the sake of simplicity, let's say you are 100k ohms. The current that will pass through you will be 110/100k = 0.0011A with 110V, and 220/100k = 0.0022A with 220V. 220V is more dangerous, period.

Technically speaking, the current is what will kill you, but when it comes to electrocution, it's the voltage that determines what that current will be.

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• Electrical Shock, Sam, Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:21:06
  • Re: Electrical Shock, MM, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:53:16
    • ooh, I own a still, I've fallen, and I can't get up., Jimbo, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:37:58
      • Re: ooh, I own a still, I've fallen, and I can't get up., Drew in Houston, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:43:59
  • Having worked on vacuum tube electronics..., BrianG, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:21:19
  • Re: Electrical Shock, Dean, Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:41:16
  • Re: Electrical Shock, MJM , Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:42:04
    • Amps not volts...., dSPG89, Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:07:51
      • Re: Amps not volts...., burlybryan, Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:32:58
        • Re: Amps not volts...., AdamB , Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:56:45
          • 100% false, TML , Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:30:45 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Not really, AdamB , Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:45:42
              • Re: Not really, TML , Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:05:07
                • Re: Not really, AdamB , Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:35:18
                • GFCI Question, Craig, Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:58:54
                  • Re: GFCI Question, JimBlake , Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:54:01
                • I took a 440 shock from hand to hand., Jimbo, Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:06:41
                  • Re: I took a 440 shock from hand to hand., jp, Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:33:35
                • Practical experience as linemens apprentice..., Mike Lynch , Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:15:07
                  • A guy that works with me lost a friend to 220v, Street, Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:21:45
          • Agreed AdamB, but..., dSPG89, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:45:30
          • To put things in simple terms, think of it as plumbing., Jimbo, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:25:25
            • heh heh heh..., LesH, Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:00:18
  • If you're that concerned, call a doctor!!! (nm), turrbo , Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:32:51

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