What will kill you amps or volts?

Answer 1

Truly, it is Power that kills you. Power is the product of voltage AND current.

Knowing that it takes some significant voltage to drive any current through a person, and that it takes more volts to drive more current through the same load (a person's body), we can roughly judge the effect of the electrical shock based on the current:

Milliamps are dangerous

Less than 1/2 milliamp, no sensation

1/2 to 2 milliamps, threshold of perception

2 to 10 milliamps, muscular contraction

5 to 25 milliamps, painful shock (may not be able to let go)

Over 25 milliamps, could be violent muscular contraction

50 to 100 milliamps, ventricular fibrillation

over 100 paralysis of breathing.

Answer 2

Amps are more likely to kill you than volts. Voltage determines how far electricity can travel, while amperage (amps) determines the strength of the electrical current. High amperage can disrupt the body's natural electrical signals, leading to tissue damage and potentially death.

Answer 3

Ampers are the ones that kill. But if there is too little voltage the electricity will not get through your body. On the other hand if theres 100000volts. and like 0.0000001 amps. You will also die because your heart cant take the shock.

Answer 4

You could die from less than 1 Amp, but it takes a certain voltage to "push" that much current through your body.

It won't happen with a 12v car battery that can put out 100 Amps.