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Re:Why Carmakers Can’t Transition to Newer Chips by oehtXRwMkIs on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:20PM (#28732631)
What amperage are we talking about here? Discussions of electrical safety solely in terms of voltage is nonsense.
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Re:Why Carmakers Can’t Transition to Newer Chips by marsokod on Saturday October 02, 2021 @07:09PM (#28732950)
Amperage is set by the resistance of the human body. That's in the order of 2kOhm, so at 50V, you get a current of 25mA. That's in the zone where it becomes quite intense for you.

At 12V, we are just talking about 6mA, where you can feel the electricity but it should not be hurting too much.

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Re:Why Carmakers Can’t Transition to Newer Chips by oehtXRwMkIs on Saturday October 02, 2021 @08:53PM (#28733593)
Thanks, that makes sense.
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