It’s not the volts, it’s the amps. I would regularly play with a Van de Graaf generator, which produced close to 100,000 volts and could touch it directly. The difference is it is also a fraction of an amp so can’t really do much.
Yes and no. If you have a 5V power source that can deliver 10 000 amps, you won’t even notice anything if you touch it. If you have a 5 000V power source that can deliver 10 000A, you’re fucked. And my point is, generally when voltages are that high (outside of some scientific experiments like yours), they can also provide however many amps it needs to seriously fuck you up.
It’s not the volts, it’s the amps. I would regularly play with a Van de Graaf generator, which produced close to 100,000 volts and could touch it directly. The difference is it is also a fraction of an amp so can’t really do much.
Yes and no. If you have a 5V power source that can deliver 10 000 amps, you won’t even notice anything if you touch it. If you have a 5 000V power source that can deliver 10 000A, you’re fucked. And my point is, generally when voltages are that high (outside of some scientific experiments like yours), they can also provide however many amps it needs to seriously fuck you up.