Re: Human Electrocution: How is the resistance not ridiculously high?

Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:
John Popelish:

Do the calculation again but with the other hand on the
water tap or the grounded case of an appliance.

2 megaohms in series with less than an ohm = 2 megaohms

Still 115 microamperes.

But skin resistance is not linear with respect to voltage. somewhere around 50 volts, the resistance begins to drop, dramatically. Expect to have your teeth jarred loose with 120 volts hand to hand, even if your heart does not fibrillate. I have done it, accidentally, and I didn't like it at all.

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Regards,

John Popelish
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