Can a person feel 10000 volts?

Answer 1

No. With an alternating current potential that high and a body resistance to that voltage so low the voltage will rip straight through the body cooking a path as it goes. Where the voltage exits the body there will be third degree burns. The following is a list of amperage's the body can take before death. Less than 1/2 milliamp no sensation, 1/2 to 2 milliamps threshold of perception, 2 to 10 miliamps muscular contraction, 5 to 25 milliamps painful shock (may not be able to let go), over 25 milliamps could be violent muscular contraction, 50 to 100 milliamps ventricular fibrillation, over 100 paralysis of breathing.

hi i was looking for some high voltage wire for my homemade electrical fence and i seen this question on Google so i answere it for you, so yeah i guess if you want to call it holding but it more or less if you were holding it it wouldn't be because you wanted to hold it, it would be because you were having muscle spassems making you grip it, but i don't think that happens too much, so yes you can hold a wire carring 10,000 volts but the current must be low ie. the amps you(your body-heart) cant take more than an amp maby less, but the volts can be as high as a million or more and it HURTS a lot and there is nothing you can do while being shocked, you will want to go to sleep shortly afterward

Answer 2

Yes, In fact many stun guns operate at 1 Million Volts. Its Current (Amps) that kills not Volts. Power is equal to voltage multiplied by current.

P(t) = I(t) * V(t)

P(t) is Power measured in Watts

V(t) is the Potential Difference measured in Volts

I(t) is the Current measured in Amperes (amps)

Here is an analogy:

Think of two guns.

One shoots a 10mm BB at 2000fps right at your heart.

It would travel right through you (potentially killing you).

The other shoots a 1000mm (40 inch) workout ball at 20fps right at your heart.

It would knock you on your butt and might knock the wind out of you but wont harm you.

Even though the workout ball is 100x larger its speed is 100x less.

So think of the 1,000,000 volt stun gun as the workout ball. Its BIG but its Slow. It will knock you on your butt but not harm you because its only operating at .002 amps.

And think of the 10mm BB as the 2,000 Volt electric chair. Its Small but its Fast. It will kill you because it is operating at 8 amps.

Answer 3

Generally if it strikes the right place it can kill you at less than that. If your wondering about a friend or relative than they could die or live. It all depends on the situation.

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Volts are not what kills you, it's the amperage (A.K.A. current). Generally 10 volts (alternating current I think) is enough to kill the average person. But these 10 volts have to have an amperage of at least 0.5amps. This principle applies to electricity in general. But as to your question, 1000 volts is more than enough to kill the average person, but you should be more worried about the amperage than voltage.

Answer 4

No, for a person to feel a shock from electricity, the current needs to pass through the body. Voltage alone does not cause sensation. In most cases, an electrical current above 1 mA is needed to be felt, while currents above 10 mA can be dangerous.

Answer 5

I guarantee it! A static charge can have close to this kind of voltage.