How strong does a current have to be to kill you?

Answer 1

Current can kill you for several reasons...

• The power dissipated can be so high that you get burned.
• The shock can cause you to jerk, either striking somthing and physically hurting yourself, or causing you to fall off something.
• The current flow can cause muscles to spasm, potentially stopping your heart or your breathing.
• The current flow can damage things, such as the SA node in the heart, causing the heart to go into Ventricular Fibrillation, even after the current is removed.
• etc.

Answer 2

It depends a lot on where the current passes. Holding two wires or electrodes with both hands, for example, is especially dangerous, since then the current can pass directly through the heart.

From Wikipedia: "Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body."

It depends a lot on where the current passes. Holding two wires or electrodes with both hands, for example, is especially dangerous, since then the current can pass directly through the heart.

From Wikipedia: "Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body."

It depends a lot on where the current passes. Holding two wires or electrodes with both hands, for example, is especially dangerous, since then the current can pass directly through the heart.

From Wikipedia: "Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body."

It depends a lot on where the current passes. Holding two wires or electrodes with both hands, for example, is especially dangerous, since then the current can pass directly through the heart.

From Wikipedia: "Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body."

Answer 3

It depends a lot on where the current passes. Holding two wires or electrodes with both hands, for example, is especially dangerous, since then the current can pass directly through the heart.

From Wikipedia: "Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body."

Answer 4

It only takes about .015 amps across the heart to kill a person. Source: http://www.ohmcheck.com/human_electrical_resistance.htm

Answer 5

Only 100-200 milliamps conducted THROUGH the heart. See: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/JackHsu.shtml

Answer 6

1 amp current is enough to kill a human being..