Erty 2012-11-07 01:35:54

Nope. What is not seen on camera is how I am in fact wearing pants. To have sexy science, pants must be removed.

Erty 2013-01-12 11:49:21

Apparently it does now.

Erty 2013-01-18 14:20:35

No.

Erty 2013-01-30 02:11:09

Actually if you consider the human body as a resistor is a good model for this), the instantaneous current through my body would be about 30kV / which equals 30A, which is a thousand times more than what is considered deadly for an average human.

However, due to how a rectified flyback transformer like this functions, the output can be considered rapid capacitive discharges where the current is only kept for a short amount of time. While my body might not have conducted the high amounts of current for long enough time to cause any harm, there was more than enough average current per time to sustain a small arc which did indeed burn my skin really bad due to the heat from the plasma.

This about "It's not the volts that kills you, it's the amps!" is just bullshit. There is no way you can reduce the amount of current while keeping up the same amount of voltage through an ohmic load. It's in the definition; voltage equals current times resistance. With the human body having a resistance of roughly around any voltage above 30V poses a shock threat and for every volt above that it only gets more dangerous.