You're right to make the point MrDK though I think he was just pulling the numbers out his ass to illustrate that it's the current that's dangerous so let's not be too hard on him. 5mA is around where you might feel the tingle and 50mA where you might not be able to let go...
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Originally Posted by MrDK
While the voltage potential has little to do with the potential fatality 20kV / 0.5A is certainly 100% deadly.
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Actually 0.5A is survivable - there's a weird effect of a sweet spot between 100-200mA that will send your heart crazy and kill you stone dead every single time, but up at 500mA and above the effect of your muscles is so severe that it can act to clamp the heart and stop it fibrillating. It will burn the hell out of you, knock you out and stop your breathing but you can just about survive it with medical attention
