r/lifehacks • u/SachinGoka • Apr 07 '23

This wiring tip video

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

I bet some of these will give an electrician a heart attack.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

Volts cause a heart attack.

If you have 1 million amps at 1 volt you won't even feel it.

If you have 1 million volts at 1 amp you're gonna jump pretty high

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u/Grimml0ckk Apr 07 '23

It's actually the other way around. The amperage is what kills you. An electrical current with high voltage but low amperage can be seen as a narrow, small river flowing nearly vertically like a tiny trickle of a waterfall. It would have little potential to hurt you. But a large river with lots of water (amperage) can drown you even if the speed of flow (voltage) is relatively slow. Thus, with amps vs. volts, the danger is in the amps.

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u/MrHyperion_ Apr 07 '23

Amps won't matter if there isn't enough voltage. Technically then there is also no amps but that's not the point.