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Electrical Shock - : Causes & Consequences

The human body can conduct electricity, allowing current to flow when different parts of the body are at different electrical potentials. While dry skin has a high resistance of around 100,000 ohms, wet skin dramatically drops the body's resistance to around 1,000 ohms. As a result, a 120-volt current would produce a non-hazardous 1 milliamp through dry skin but a hazardous 120 milliamp current through wet skin, sufficient to cause ventricular fibrillation.

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Electrical Shock - : Causes & Consequences

The human body can conduct electricity, allowing current to flow when different parts of the body are at different electrical potentials. While dry skin has a high resistance of around 100,000 ohms, wet skin dramatically drops the body's resistance to around 1,000 ohms. As a result, a 120-volt current would produce a non-hazardous 1 milliamp through dry skin but a hazardous 120 milliamp current through wet skin, sufficient to cause ventricular fibrillation.

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ELECTRICAL SHOCK Causes & Consequences

Human body is a conductor of electricity. When any two parts of the


body are at two different potentials an electric current will flow

Wet conditions are common during low-voltage


electrocution. Under dry conditions, human skin
is having high resistance (approx. 1,00,000
ohm). Wet skin dramatically drops the body
resistance (approx. 1000 ohm)
Dry conditions: Current = Volts/ Ohms = 120/
1,00,000 = 1mA
Wet conditions: Current = Volts/ Ohms = 120/
1,000= 120mA, which is sufficient to cause
ventricular fibrillation

Basics of electrical shocks

LOW VOLTAGE DOES NOT IMPLY LOW HAZARD!

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