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Which is more dangerous AC or DC, I think it's DC because I read it somewhere but in some books it says AC.please clear this confusion.
Posted by Tamanna Sharma 6 years ago
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Aditya Chauhan 6 years ago
Both you can touch it and then i will also come to know sorry just kidding ...
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................Right answer is One of the reasons that AC might be considered more dangerous is that it arguably has more ways of getting into your body. Since the voltage alternates, it can cause current to enter and exit your body even without a closed loop, since your body (and what ground it's attached to) has capacitance. DC cannot do that.
Arpit Pathak 6 years ago
Hey tamanna !
According to Charles Dalziel experiments on men and women, muscles contraction is continuous in case of an electric shock with DC current. Whereas in the case of AC current, a person experiencing electric shock undergoes a series of muscle contraction. Series of muscle contraction causes very severe damage to the muscles.
Due to the capacitive behaviour of the skin coming in contact with the current carrying conductor, more current can pass through the body if the voltage is rapidly changing. Studies have shown that twofold of increase in the voltage increases sevenfold increase in the current.
DC current “let-go” threshold is higher than the AC “let-go” threshold. More DC current is required to produce a similar effect as of AC current.
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Abhishek Sah 6 years ago
2Thank You