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by thehappypm 1531 days ago
What do you mean by that exactly?
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Get a capacitor that supports 700V minimum as highest applicable voltage, and a wire. Go to your socket outlet, put the capacitor in one hole, the wire in the other hole and see if you get shocked or not. Do the same (if you're still alive) with a DC source. Comeback here and let me know how the experiment went and also tell me why you skipped physics class in high-school when this was taught.
I know all about RLC circuits, I just fail to see how this makes it any safer than DC. Conversely, DC can flow through inductors, AC can’t.
AC can and will definitely flow through inductors, especially the 220V/60Hz one you have at outlet. I challenge you to connect an inductor, even one of several Henry's as value, to your outlet and to your hand and comeback here and tell me if it shocked you or not.