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So the main cause is the voltage and current as an effect is the killer at specific rate for specified period. Its The Current That Kills.
The 2 most common variations are 15 Amp and 20 Amp.
Will 120 volts kill you. Can 120 volts kill you. It can but it really is the current that kills you. Over 6 milliamps 006 Amps willcould kill you particularly if traveling pass the heart.
But it depends upon your resistance of your body from the 120V hot side to the electrical ground. Which could also be the physical ground. Page 1 of 1 120 Volts Can Kill.
120 Volts Can Kill. Ordinary household 120 volts AC electricity is dangerous and it can kill. Voltage is the force that allows electricity to flow in a circuit.
Electrical current involves the flow of electrons and its measured in amps. The third factor involved in current flow is. Can 120 Volts Kill You.
Household items of 110 volts electrocute people all the time. Therefore 120 volts can definitely kill you. Can 220 Volts Kill You.
You need voltage for the current to flow. 110VAC will kill you anyone telling you otherwise is an idiot. Turn off power if at all possible.
Never work on live wiring with both hands keep one hand in your pocket to keep from accidentally grabbing something and making a complete circuit across the heart. Always assume wires are live even if you have turned them off. It is not the Voltage that can kill humans it is the current that kills.
Humans have died at as low as 42 volts. Time is also a factor. A current of 01 ampere for a mere 2 seconds can be fatal.
As Voltage Current x Resistance the current depends on body resistance. So yes 220 Volts is plenty to kill you if the source can supply sufficient current and if that killed you you would have been electrocuted. However if you are only injured and not killed by the electricity you would not have been electrocuted.
The truth is over 90 of the deaths that result from electrocution happen in residential homes and you guessed it the voltage involved was none other than 110 volts. The sad thing here is that most people truly believe that it is the voltage that cause death in the case of electrocution. Very strongFigure thisif a 120 volts can kill a human being then what would 650000 doId say roughly this many volts could kill about 650 elephantsDoes that tell you enough to stay away from it.
If you dont complete a circuit well enough pass enough current to cause problems with your body functions then no it wont kill you. You CAN touch a. How Many Currents Can Kill You.
The answer is very little. A current of as little as 0007 amps 7mA across the heart for three seconds is enough to kill. 01 amps 100mA passing through the body will almost certainly be fatal.
Thenounproject However the current involved in an electric shock is determined by the voltage and the resistance of the circuit. According to my teacher it is the most dangerous voltage only because it is the most common. 120v with no load fells like a tingle and I have been hit many times with all types of voltages.
With a load even something small like a light bulb touching the nuetral and ground and I guarantee youll be feeling it the next day. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. 120 VOLTS THROUGH THE BODY CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATHCooked raw meat w.
But my earlier point stands that touching 120V very unlikely to kill you if youre a healthy adult. Doesnt mean it cant happen. But the statistics are down below 01 and most of those deaths were probably not from just touching 120V but from some more robust and sustained contact with physiological conditions contributing youth old age cardiac disease.
Can a charged 120v high voltage capacitor really kill youHelpful. Please support me on Patreon. Strange as it may seem most fatal electric shocks happen to people who should know better.
Here are some electro-medical facts that should make you think twice before taking that last chance. Its The Current That Kills. Offhand it would seem that a shock of 10000 volts would be more deadly than 100 volts.
But this is not so. In a wall socket 120V AC current may travel through any path though your body to ground. For example if you touch the hot side with your right hand and your left foot has the best ground current could travel across your heart and possibly kill you.
Even 120 v can readily kill. It all depends upon the conditions. Voltage doesnt put the heart into fibrillation the condition of erratic uncoordinated contractions with no net pumping action.
As little as 5ma through the heart can put it into fibrillation. So the main cause is the voltage and current as an effect is the killer at specific rate for specified period. Current will kill you but some amount of voltage is required to flow that current in the body breaking the human body resistance.
In other words an enough power is required to pass in the human body for proper electric shock. The important difference is the amount of potential energy or voltage the socket is able to supply to the device plugged into it. The most common electrical outlet in any home is a 110 volt.
Sometimes you may hear 110 volt plugs referred to as 120 volt. The 2 most common variations are 15 Amp and 20 Amp. It is perhaps worth noting that 1224V DC is just as deadly as 120240V AC.
No it definitely isnt. Theres naught deadly in voltage its the wattage that electrocutes you. In fact if you want to be precise it is the current Amps that kills you.
You are one hundred times more likely to be killed if you drop a 120-volt hair dryer in the bathtub than grabbing the end units of a 12-volt car battery with dry hands. But either way always steer clear of doing either. Well you will feel the 240V shock more than the 120V shock but with no amps behind it neither is likely to kill you.
Now put 5 amps on the 120V and nothing on the 240V– now you have a more dangerous situation on the 120V line. To say that voltage is not true because very high voltage can kill you even without the amp load. Theres a saying that its not the volts that kills you its the amps and while thats true in a way you cant have amps without volts and skin resistanc.