Why are there cases where a person touches live wire, gets shocked, and quickly jumps out of it, whereas there are other cases where a person comes in contact with electricity and it ends up “holding” the person until he gets shocked to death. In other words, what determines whether a person gets an electric shock or electrocution?
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How it affects your muscles.
Your muscles are controlled by your brain through electrical signals. If the wrong form of electricity hits your nerves it blocks the signals from your brain and you can’t unclench your hands anymore.
It depends on voltage and frequency if this happens, and also the position of your fingers on the wire. A different form could just cause a quick spasm instead.
The electricity doesn’t hold you, it paralyzes you so you can’t move away.
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