Shock at Minimum Current

Dear Sir,

Do you want us to spoonfeed you ? Search for human electric shock levels

in Google. I find opening your thread is sheer waste of time as I have been

observing your questions for past 4 months ! Sorry for my frank comments.

Manroop.Chennai.

Well some guys are there from India.Friend i am purely interested and my curiosity has its own reason.I am from kerala and i did graduation from AP.If you die to know you cant get answer there in that collage.I will try to keep standard.Please forgive me and next time you can skip my post.

Please download and read ECT114 from Schneider Electric. You need to find that link.

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Try searching for "Dalziel's Experiment" in Google. You will get your answers.

DISCLAIMER: Follow the safety rules provided by your workplace, worker safety organizations, and/or the equipment manufacturers.

I spent many years working in a high voltage pulsed power R&D lab. There were 4 basic rules we followed since almost everything in sight could kill you.


1) ANYTHING capable of supplying a short circuit current of over 20 mA was dangerous.

2) ANYTHING capable of storing more than 2 Joules of electrical energy was dangerous.

3) When not in use, all dangerous sources were to be shorted to a ground potential with a clearly visible solid BARE copper wire.

4) NEVER any practical jokes... PERIOD! Even the most innocent practical joke could startle someone into accidentally touching a lethal high voltage point.


No one was ever injured in our lab. The rules and a healthy respect for the dangers kept everyone safe.

Thanks Mr. MJB because most important thing is not to stop asking.Its very useful to me.I will quote it in the plant i work.

i don't know about the others who found your question elementary, but thanks to your question and ee65's answer, i learnt something new .... a short way to say what i already knew

Short Answer: "It's the volts that jolt, but it's the amps that kill."

Thanks for your support but you know i was unaware of publicity of this forum.Thats how we learn right ?