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by picture 1532 days ago
> You break skin at about 50VDC.

What does breaking skin mean in this context? My understanding was that humans largely act like a resistor with some parasitic capacitance and inductance. Wouldn't more voltage equal more current in a mostly linear relation?

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You'll feel it shock you. It overcomes the surface resistance of not particularly moist skin and makes your nerves tingle or your muscles twitch.