Re: [TCML] On a scale of one to ten...

[Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Its a old topic... in theory skin dept isn't enough to allow the current 
to actually pass into your body. So in effect it flows within your skin 
missing your internals! though ..... I think the general accepted idea 
is not to do it as we don't really know the long term effects on the 
body.  I for one think passing high voltage over your skin is a bad idea 
anyway... Though people can do far worse things to their skin...."

   Wrong about skin depth - conductivity is part of the theory.  Those 
small values apply to high conductivity metals but for the rather low 
human body the effect probably isn't significant although I've never 
seen anyone go through the calculation.  You can't feel the effect of 
high frequency current but that doesn't mean it isn't flowing.  As for 
damage, probably the worst will be from burns if the streamers strike 
the skin for too long.  [That assumes, of course, you don't get mixed up 
with the 60 Hz primary HV transformer circuits!!]

Ed

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