Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
by 0n34n7 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:42PM
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Amps kill, not volts. Hence high voltage low amp Tesla coil spark shows.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
by IntrepidWorm on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:55PM
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Thats not quite accurate- it is true that high amp current is deadly in many scenarios, but it takes both amps and volts to kill. High amp, high voltage current is a killer for sure, but high current at sufficiently tiny voltages is not necessarily deadly. Similarly, high voltage at low currents is usually not deadly (but can be very painful).
Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
by bigDinosaur on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:04AM
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You need to be introduced to a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDf2nhfxVzg
Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @10:35PM
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Your comment is completely irrelevant to wall sockets because they can all supply more than a tenth of an amp.
Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
by CamperBob2 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @05:03PM
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High voltage from a Tesla coil not only has low average current, but is subject to the skin effect. So while it can still cause a painful shock to your superficial sensory nerves, not much of that energy ends up in contact with the motor nerves.
TL,DR: you probably don't want to be shocked by a big Tesla coil, even though it won't kill you.