So why are you arguing against yourself then FFS! The point is, it might not be an elephant, it might be a child having just climbed out of the bath - sod all amps but many amps will kill - stop suggesting otherwise.
He's not FFS (again). Yes many amps will kill, we know that but sod all volts = sod all amps, NOT MANY, unless you are a metal bar. Jeez! 5v isn't going to affect anyone, wet or not.
I pointed out that even with a low impedance source capable of delivering many amps, there would be insufficient current flow [through a human].
Someone came out with the age old ditty about volts and amps.
I pointed out that the current depends upon the voltage and the impedance of the load.
You then joined in with (as usual) personal abuse and irrelevant data.
In the case of possible danger to a human, 5V AC is simply not enough voltage to cause a dangerous current to flow.
In your example of 1V and an elephant, I doubt that 1V is sufficicnt to cause a dangerous current to flow.
Telling us it's the current that kills, and implying that there is a danger, is meaningless when there is no possibility of a current capable of killing, due to the insufficent voltage.
I'm not, FFS.
Bringing wet children into it makes no difference. 5V AC is still not enough to make a fatal current flow.
Where did I say that amps will not kill? They do, but you need a sufficiently large voltage to cause the current to flow through a given load.
Some very high quality quoting again there. I'd suggest you use Google Groups - at least it behaves properly...
Just to clarify - the last line there (incorrectly indented and tagged onto the bottom of my post) was posted by :Jerry-I've-Got-A-Broken- Newsreader:
And to repeat what everyone else has said about ten times now - yes, we are all fully capable of understanding that it is the current which kills not the voltage.
What you have neglected to take into consideration is that with such low voltages, there can only be incredibly low currents passing through the relatively high resistance of an extremely large elephant.
Is there a difference between African and Indian elephants?
In the absence of elephants with which to carry out a practical experiment, could I kidnap some members of the local international students' society, electrocute them, and extrapolate the results to elephants?
People who use Outlook Express shouldn't throw stones. Your newsreader
*is* broken.
And you won't get a dangerous current at 5V.
With moistened digits I'm about 300K thumb-to-thumb. At 240V mains that'd give a thoroughly lethal milliamp (ish). At 5V it'd give 16 microamps. I don't even feel it, I've had 12V off model trains enough as a kid and felt nothing.
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