ANSWERS: 5
  • It depends, In some cases 16 volts might be fatal to a human being when the electricity passes through organs such as the heart. Source and more info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock
  • It's not the volts that kill you -- it's the amps.
  • Nobody knows how much voltage a human can take, mainly because of the obvious moral and liability considerations involved in performing such "stress testing." Technically, it is not the voltage, but the amperage that kills. Many people have survived volts of more than 50,000. Others have died from a 9 volt battery.
  • Its the volts what jolts but it's the mills what kills. You can be hit with a couple of kiloVolts from a microsecond static discharge and say "ouch". Or you can have two electrodes placed across your heart at 24V and kark it.
  • Like others have said it's not the volts that can kill you but the amps or rather milliamps. as little as 3 milliamps can cause cardiac arrest. As far as voltage I have actually seen million volt stun guns for use by law enforcement personnel and for self defense.

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