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RE: The Human Body and the Electric Shock

in #stemng7 years ago (edited)

Great article but inasmuch as I will love to agree with you, I would love to ask, why haven't our phone chargers electrocuted us since most of them are labeled 2ampere? As you stated above, the let go current is just 0.16amps

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Most phone chargers are rated 5V, so this voltage is too low to break the skin's resistance to pass this 2A to the body. Remember current is both a function of voltage and resistance. Another thing is your phone chargers are insulated; it's not as if while charging your phone that the 2A is flowing through your body.
Disclaimer: it could be fatal in very rare circumstances where there's water to make the skin more conductive as it lowers your body's skin natural resistance.