Exactly as stated in the title. All my life I’ve been able to touch my phone or computer’s electrical charger output (accidentally or for whatever the reason) with no sort of “buzz” or feeling from the electricity going through the output. At least that has always been my experience with it.
Just in case: Don’t intentionally try this of course.
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As what the other comment said, most chargers do not have the power pins where you can touch them, most of the time the neutral/ground is on the outside and the voltage is on the inside, at least when talking about barrel plugs. As for the ones you can touch the voltage pins (think Apple lightning) the voltage (usually only 5v or maybe 12v) isn’t enough to pass much current through the resistance your skin. If you put it on your tongue, you might feel something, although I wouldn’t recommend it.
What you actually feel is current, which is Voltage divided by resistance. Your bodies resistance is pretty much fixed (for skin, if you use your tongue or something it will be lower) so as the voltage goes up, the more current you will have going through you.
Additionally, AC and DC current do behave differently, but that is relatively minor compared to the fact that AC (the power in your home) is usually on the order of 120v or 240v, whereas the highest common DC voltages for chargers and things are 24v, which is barely enough to feel if your hands are sweaty and you touch both terminals.
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