2007-08-21 07:02:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Dude, its not the volts...its the amps that will kill you.
2007-08-21 07:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by jjsocrates 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only protection you have from voltage is the resistance of your skin. Different people have different resistance to voltage. I can feel 30 volts. my neighbor can grab ahold of an electric fence and laugh about it.. The one arm behind your back myth is assuming that your feet are dry you have enough insulation to keep the voltage from going to ground and you are not touching anything else.
as long as you have voltage but not amperage you will get shocked,,, not pleasant in my book but not seriously hurt.
If you don't know what you are doing please! don't mess with it.
Gary Indiana
2007-08-21 14:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by Gary V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only as long as your will is up to date. Doing electric work with only one hand is like wallpaper hanging with only one hand. You will need the other for something sooner or later, even if only to steady yourself. If hand one is on power and hand two is on ground, you have the makings of an electrocution from the circuit that connects the two hands via your chest. I got into that awkward situation by accident when toughing the outer metal box on some controls that was attached to the hot side from someone else's mistake with one hand and something that was grounded with the other. Even though the box was "only" fed from house current/voltage, my heart was stopped for a short while until I fell and broke the circuit. Use as much protection as you can get, including shutting off the circuit if possible.
2007-08-21 14:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. You may have a ground path through your feet. I suppose with rubber sneakers and on a carpet you could have your body floating at several hundred volts. But I would never try it. There is also the instant "charge" your body has to do at the time of initial contact.
I have been shocked by 350V from an old tube amplifier. I blanked out for several seconds.
The Navy has a good warning label for high voltages : "Death on Contact". This is a good rule to follow at all times. Anything over about 30 to 40V, I take care.
2007-08-21 14:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you stand on a thick, dry rubber mat and wear a dry rubber suit. In short, don't touch anything else except the voltage
And even then, at the voltages in transmission lines (300,000 plus), a spark can jump and fry you.
2007-08-21 14:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's what I like about you Jack..
You ask questions you already know the answer to.
You really need to get out of the office once in a while.
2007-08-21 15:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bored at work arent you! Im guessing from the responses, your havin a laugh
2007-08-21 14:22:13 · answer #7 · answered by John 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very funny...is your life insurance up to date?
2007-08-21 14:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey dude it's too risky!!
2007-08-21 14:09:24 · answer #9 · answered by dy/dx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO, No, no
2007-08-21 14:33:57 · answer #10 · answered by Wonder 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋