What kills them? Current or Voltage?
2006-11-23 17:11:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Always the current. The voltage can be whatever.
2006-11-24 01:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by alan d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Current is more important than voltage, but it is the combination of both. What kills is the spasm which affects the lungs and causes asphyxiation. Hearts love electricity, its the only thing that makes them work. That is why I have a current generator in my chest, to start my heart if it stops, not the other way round.
2006-11-23 21:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you will no longer die from any after consequences from one hundred ten Volt A/C electric ask your self. additionally the present did no longer bypass via your physique for any prolonged time . Had the voltage been bigger like 220 Volt A/C like they have in the U.ok or if, your hands or physique became moist and the present had long previous to the floor via your physique,your heart might have stopped, which will have killed you or you will have have been given extreme burns on your hands. exercising warning sooner or later, do no longer artwork on any stay electric wires or short circuited kit.
2016-10-17 11:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The strength of current is more important in determining injury or fatality than the voltage.
2006-11-23 17:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by Leo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fear of Voltage Kills
2006-11-23 20:45:15 · answer #5 · answered by Santhosh Shiva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its the current (power)
A shock from a car coil is about 12-18,000 volts but very little current and will not kill a healthy person.
2006-11-23 18:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Daddybear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the volts what jolts, and the mills what kills.
It is a combination of the two, but generally it is the current which is most dangerous. Under certain circumstances it is possible for 300mA at 63 volts to kill you, and that isn't a great deal at all.
2006-11-23 18:31:44 · answer #7 · answered by Phish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is...both. Current is the thing that goes through your body to the ground. Voltage, well, it depends. If there is a lot, it is fatal. If there is barely any, maybe just paralyzed.
2006-11-23 17:17:43 · answer #8 · answered by Ciao! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the electrical current screws up the normal electrical sysytem of the heart and causes full cardiac arrest
2006-11-23 17:17:02 · answer #9 · answered by lynn8953 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Current (amperes) through your body which confuses the stable pulse of your heart.
2006-11-23 17:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by silberstein_9 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋