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The male that was electrocuted went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital, information on his condition today is not up to my knowledge
The female friend was reportedly conscious when emergency services responded, but was also hospitalised following her injuries
According to the National Weather Service, the human body is capable of surviving exposure to high voltages, with the average lightning bolt containing 300 million volts. However, 50 volts of electricity is enough to kill a person.
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I dunno why voltage is always referenced in these things - as OP explained 50 volts is enough to kill.. 6 volts is enough to kill. Voltage is more a measure of the speed of the electricity through the circuit and a static electrical charge can be 20,000 volts but it won't kill you. It's really the amps that kill you but I guess it's not cool to read that the kids died from 30 amps.
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good luck pushing 6 volts through the resistivity of a human torso without inserting needle electrodes directly across the heart tissue.
In general a good correction though.
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Yeah that is a good point you'd need to be hooked up to direct probes into your body or something. I remember old 6 volt car batteries in UK cars would spark up enough to give you a good wallop tho.
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Thank you. 600 volts sounds strange to me. Had to scroll down to the amperage comment.
Now how about watts?
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How many amps can I take before I die?
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It's said that as few as like 0.005 of an amp can kill you but that would be like putting paddles on either side of an exposed heart because the human body has natural resistance to electricity but it's possible. Another thing is that electricity will always take the path of least resistance and it's weird what people can survive - like walking away after getting hit by lighting. a TASER that cops use uses only 2 miliamps (0.002) to paralyze but it's effective because those steel probes puncture the skin and get right into you.
So the answer unfortunately is like most things, "It depends".
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Depends on if the current runs through your heart and causes severe arrhythmia leading to cardiac arrest. Over 6 mA directly over your heart can induce a fatal arrhythmia, resistance of your soft tissues usually mean you need to be touching a source amperage of around 200 mA to be dangerous. The higher the voltage AND amperage, the more likely it is to kill. And it really doesn't matter whether we talk about volts or amps killing you, as in order for the amperage to be higher, there needs to be sufficient voltage. High voltage often means high amperage due to Ohm's law.
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