The voltage doesn't determine the danger. Your body gets charged up
to several thousand volts when you scuff across the carpet on a dry day ...
just before you come up behind your sister and zap her ... but if you know
what you're doing, you can kill yourself with a 12-volt car battery.
The danger depends on how much current flows through your body, and
on the path it takes. Something like 15 mA (0.015 Ampere) of current can
contract a muscle with enough force to break a bone, or can stop the heart.
The current, and the path it takes, depend on . . .
-- the voltage between two points on your body,
-- where the two points are, and
-- the resistance of the contacts with your body, i.e. how easily the
connection gets through your skin to the warm slithery juices inside.
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