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by aitchnyu 860 days ago
Even in college, I was taught AC passes on your skin away from your heart and is therefore safer at the same voltage. Is this a myth?
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It's complicated and likely not at all relevant at 50 or 60 Hz frequencies. You want the sqrt(2p/ωμ) formula if you're curious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect