Lots of time I’ve heard about electricity things like: the one that kills you is the current, don’t worry about large voltages (tasers for example have thousand of voltage). But using Ohm’s Law, if the voltage is big, the current is big. Then why it’s said that about current?
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“It’s not voltage that kills, it’s the current” is like saying “It’s the bullet that kills, not the gun”—technically correct, but completely misses the bigger picture. Current and voltage cannot be considered independently, since current only flows as a result of voltage. Electronics like tasers are specifically designed to limit the current flow to non-lethal levels; industrial high-voltage applications will cook your goose without a second thought.
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