[Animats]

Much industrial automation runs on 24VDC. High enough that the losses within a cabinet are tolerable, low enough that there's no electrocution hazard.

[amelius]

If you keep your hands dry or if you're a male, then 48VDC can be quite safe too.

https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chp...

We're running out of copper. So better keep your voltages on the high end (but still safe of course).

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/there-isnt-enough-copper-in-...

[mbreese]

To save someone else looking for the answer to why being male is a factor here… (which I didn’t know about!)

> Oh, and in case you’re wondering, I have no idea why women tend to be more susceptible to electric currents than men!

The pain thresholds are given in a table that is split by men and women. I believe the assumption is different conductivity between “typical” male/female bodies, but it’s really not spelled out.

[amelius]

Yes, on one hand it's strange because body fat decreases conductivity, and women have typically larger amount of body fat (25% versus 15%).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218162/

However, men are typically larger, so perhaps that's the reason.

[ilyt]

Soo fat people are more shock-resistant too ?