• Question: How Much Volts Of Electricty Would Kill You

    Asked by 977eneh34 to Roisin, Karen, Dave, Cathal, Bobs on 14 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Karen Barrett

      Karen Barrett answered on 14 Mar 2017:

      Its not the volts that kill you, it’s the amps. Dragging your feet across the carpet can generate as much as 25,000 volts. There are companies on the internet who routinely sell 50,000 volt Tesla coils to play with. However, it only takes a current between 100 and 200 mA (0.1 to 0.2 amp) to be lethal.

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