• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

How much voltage won't kill me?

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Bazukaz

Bazukaz

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It is only amps that are dangerous.But , because human body has quite large resistance , larger voltage is needed for higher current to flow.In the tests it has been estimated that about 1mA is a feeling threshold , while >20 mA may be deadful.
100V high current supply may be much more dangerous than 10kV with almost no current.

Lukas.
 
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