Electricity rates/issues

Is this current dangerous to a person? And what would happen if someone touched the wires coming out of an adapter with these specs... INPUT 100-240v~2A 50-60Hz, OUTPUT: 12V; 5A

Nah.

Would the outcome be identical if one were to touch the wire... I read somewhere that DC current under 500 mA isn't dangerous, but anything above that is, and this is 5A

5A is just the peak rating for the power supply. If you actually want to talk real wattage, you’re looking at voltage divided by resistance—and let's be real, that resistance depends entirely on how dry your hands are
At 12V, if your skin is bone dry, you won't feel a thing. But get them even a little bit damp? Yeah, that'll give you a nasty little zap

Thank you. When you say to apply it to wet hands, does it sting slightly, or is it actually dangerous...

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There’s actually a safety standard out there—apparently anything under 48V isn't considered a major hazard if you accidentally touch it.

Remember when we were kids and used to stick our tongues on those little 4.5V flat batteries? Just to see if they still had any juice left for the toy train? It was such a weird little thrill, just feeling that tiny little zap... sort of a way to test if a battery was dead or not, I guess.

Michelle Bennett5 said:zapustiti se malo

There’s actually a safety standard out there—apparently anything under 48V isn't considered a major hazard if you accidentally touch it.

Remember when we were kids and used to stick our tongues on those little 4.5V flat batteries? Just to see if they still had any juice left for the toy train? It was such a weird little thrill, just feeling that tiny little zap... sort of a way to test if a battery was dead or not, I guess.

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True.

But does that assume the adapter is actually working right? What about a surge or a short circuit?

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True.

But does that assume the adapter is actually working right? What about a surge or a short circuit?

I mean, clearly there’s a standard design for this; you can find those 110V to 5V adapters everywhere, and I haven't heard of anyone getting fried by one.

If there was even one isolated case of a blood clot following a vaccine, the news media would have blown it up instantly.

Michelle Bennett5 said:I mean, clearly there’s a standard design for this; you can find those 110V to 5V adapters everywhere, and I haven't heard of anyone getting fried by one.

If there was even one isolated case of a blood clot following a vaccine, the news media would have blown it up instantly.

Fine, but I wouldn't touch a 120V outlet with wet hands either, even if the odds were one in a million.

wiredotter14 said:Fine, but I wouldn't touch a 120V outlet with wet hands either, even if the odds were one in a million.

I guess that's why charger cables aren't ten feet long—to stop people from trying to take an iPhone into the shower while it's plugged in.

since they clearly have no problem crossing a busy street in NYC without looking up from their screen anyway.

Seriously, this is sketchy business.

The real question is how much punishment a goat can actually take. Like, typical two-kilogram range? But look, try this: toss a standard 1.5v AA alkaline battery from Duracell into some saltwater and stick your fingers in there. Let me know how that goes (ps: please don't go doing stuff you don't understand)

Michelle Bennett5 said:5A is just the peak rating for the power supply. If you actually want to talk real wattage, you’re looking at voltage divided by resistance—and let's be real, that resistance depends entirely on how dry your hands are
At 12V, if your skin is bone dry, you won't feel a thing. But get them even a little bit damp? Yeah, that'll give you a nasty little zap

By the way, there’s actually a standard for DC voltage out there—if I remember right, it was 24V for general stuff and 9V for anything meant to be handled by kids.

You can actually handle about 70 volts of AC pretty easily if you're young, your hands are bone dry, and you've got some solid rubber boots on. Touching a wire isn't the scary part; the real danger is staying connected to it.

It isn’t really the voltage that gets you, but rather the current itself, I suppose. In a general sense, most of what we interact with in our daily lives is perfectly "safe," but the issue arises with certain specific components that the average person just doesn't encounter. My advice has always been that people probably shouldn't go poking around at things they don't fully grasp. If you need to wire up a new charger or some battery systems on your boat? You should probably call an electrician. If you want to swap out a breaker box in your house? Call an electrician. Now, if you just want to change a lightbulb in your living room, I guess you can certainly handle that yourself 😬
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Electricity is perhaps the only feminine noun you absolutely should not touch while it's naked 😁