What voltage and amps are and why high volts may not kill you but high amps will
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Water makes a decent analogy, pressure is voltage, flow rate is current(amps). It takes a certain amount of current flowing through your body to kill you, but you can’t get that current without having enough voltage to overcome the resistance of your skin and flesh.
Water significantly reduces the resistance of your skin, allowing lower voltages to push harmful levels of current through your body.
Though it’s more complicated than I’ve just described, especially when you start considering AC of different frequencies.
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