what will 500 volts do to me ?

Question

well i have just started collage and im doin a electriction course and my teacher or what eva said that i have to get a 500 volts shock just so that i no what to expect when im workin. i just wont to no what affects wil it have on my body and will it hurt alot?

Answer 1

Volts relate to the pressure and Amps relate to the current (flow of electrons).

It is The Amps that kill not necessarily the voltage.

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Answer 2

Watchout as to what you read here. Although it's true that it's the amps that kill you 500 volts of comercially available electricity will kill you is short order. It can penetrate even the dryest skin and cause enough current to flow to kill you and the horse your riding.

Stun guns and tasers and the like that are limited to what the manufacturer believes is a safe current level. They adjust their voltage to limit the current to this level depending on the layers of clothing it needs to penetrate. This means the voltage on exposed skin may only go to 100volts if in direct contact with skin and up tor several thousand volts to get through multiple layers of clothing. If all works as intended the current will be limited regardless of the insulation involved to a level that should not be lethal while still delivering a disabling electric shock.

There is no such luxury of current limiting in comercially available power sources. There is no way to survive this type of electric shock unless it throws you clear as opposed to holding on to you. Current flow contracts muscles and will not allow you let go if your hands or other body part muscles contract to hold on. You will curl up in a ball and not be able to move.

At 500 volts there will not be an explosion as with higher voltages that will blow off a limb but it will cook your flesh in seconds and stop you heart in the meantime if the path is through it.

This is not a lesson to be learned by hard knocks as your instructer suggests. Tell him not ot make irresponsible statements like this or maybe you should listen more carefully.

Answer 3

500 volts of static electricity wont hurt you. And 500 volts of high frequency may only affect your skin. But 500 volts of 60 Hz electricity will knock you across the room. Neither I, as an electrical engineer, nor any technician I know of would willingly come in contact with a 440 VAC power source.

Answer 4

OK, so it is the Watts that determine what happens to you.....
But the Watts depend on the current Watt = Volt X Amp
Current can only flow if BOTH poles of the electricity are connected to your body. For example, if you hold one pole (or phase) in your hand, but otherwise your whole body is totally insulated from the ground, pipes, wall, anything, nothing is going to happen to you at all. (Analogy: Birds on the high-tension wire).
If you are standing bare foot on the ground, then the typical resistance of your body (hand to toe) is about 20 KOhm. At 500 Volt, this results in 12 Watt, and yes, this is going to make your heart stop.

Answer 5

500 volts of Electricity will make your whole body go into spasm and all of your muscles convulse at lightening speed..... However, sometime after you may feel quite elated and full of energy as all of your nerve endings will have been given a jolt. 450 volts is usually used when administering ECT (Electro Convulsive Therapy) to patients suffering from Chronic Depression within a Psychiatric Setting. So go for it and record your findings - Just find someone to hold you down as you would be at risk of breaking a limb or two.......

Answer 6

Well, I doubt this is serious but everyone seems to be making the same mistake. It is neither voltage nor current on their own that determines the damage to tissue. It is the combination of both, Watts. The amount of power (Watts) measures the delivery of energy per second to your body tissue. A lot of Watts will fry you. A few watts will hurt and causes muscle spasms and eventual damage. Fractions of a watt could be merely unpleasant. Small fractions of a Watt will tingle (but still not recommended for prolonged exposure.

It is an infringement of your human rights for someone to insist on electrocuting you. But this is a wind-up, anyway, isn't it?

Answer 7

As it has been said its not the volts that hurt but the amps and even as little as 80 milliamps can kill But you should feel your muscles tighten and maybe a little sharp pain where the electricity enters and leaves I don't think your teacher will kill you as the paperwork is a real pain in the neck

Answer 8

Well since you have already be shocked by hundreds of thousands of volts it shouldn't matter(static electricity). Tell him that voltage doesn't do damage but it is the current that is sent through your body that will hurt you. Also you can say that it takes 50V for electricity to break the skin.

Answer 9

It'll sting a bit, like getting hit by a bee, but not that painful. Volts don't kill, amps do. During a physics experiment in college I had a few hundred thousand zap me. It was odd. My whold body sort did a wave thing.

Answer 10

Well it will hurt slightly, I am an electrician and I have been shocked by normal house power ( 120V ) many times. 500V is pretty much the same. It cannot kill you or anything, just hurts and boggles your mind for a few minutes. What you need to worry about is amps. One half an amp going through your heart will kill you.