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general articles
4hv wiki article on 'Electrical safety'
pupman.com article on safety
"a human being's nervous system does not sense the flow of potentially dangerous electrical currents above 15-20 kHz; essentially, in order for nerves to be activated, a significant number of ions must cross their membrane before the current (and hence voltage) reverses"
principles
volts:
30 volts is what's considered the safe limit
(below this, the body's resistance is high enough to prevent enough current from going through the body)
amps:
100mA
is where danger of fibrillation starts, but 10mA can
really
hurt