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Re:The Secret Life of XY Monitors by Cthulhu_ on Monday March 11, 2024 @12:00PM (#39669804)
That said, direct current is "safer" than alternating current; AC makes your muscles (and heart) spasm/contract 50 or 60 times a second like it's fibrilating, DC locks everything up like a defibrilator.

I recommend neither though.

Re:The Secret Life of XY Monitors by Zardoz84 on Monday March 11, 2024 @01:03PM (#39670699)
high frequency alternate current is the safest, in the sense that the skin effect enters in effect, and the current doesn't touch your muscles (or at least your hearth). However, the danger of burns persists.
Re:The Secret Life of XY Monitors by dfox on Monday March 11, 2024 @01:29PM (#39671015)
The nasty thing about HF burns is that you often do not notice that something is wrong until you either smell the burnt skin or the burn starts to deep enough to become acutely painful. It is perfectly possible to burn 1mm dia hole completely through you thumb and nail by inadvertly placing your thumb over output connector of CCFL inverter without you noticing that this is happening.