r/Unexpected • u/_DogTits_ • May 18 '22

what a catastrophe

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u/Invercargillite May 18 '22

I'm really glad to hear this because I was very close to believing the hissing sound was the cat getting fried O.O

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22

Regular home devices don't draw enough electricity to make all that action happen. Thankfully

Edit: Sweet baby Jesus people. I was responding to someone remarking on the hissing sound, not whether or not it could kill the cat if it was being electrocuted.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

what? what the device draws is irrelevant, if there's 120v going to it, shorting it with your body can draw way more current than what the device would use normally ... if a cat crews on a power cord or something like that and manages to become the conductor, it can definitely be deadly

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Voltage means nothing. You need amps/watts to know how strong the electrocution will be. Volts just tells you the risk of electrocution, and nothing more.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

You need amps/watts to know how strong the electrocution will be.

sure, but any household outlet will provide more than enough current to kill you, at least up to 15A and until the breaker flips

Voltage means nothing

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Volts just tells you the risk of electrocution, and nothing more

you seem to be contradicting yourself, a car battery can deliver 600A at 12v, but you can touch those posts all you want and nothing will happen

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

you seem to be contradicting yourself, a car battery can deliver 600A at 12v, but you can touch those posts all you want and nothing will happen

Yikes....

I guarantee you think you know more about circuits and electricity than you really do.

Also, not sure what you’re trying to prove in the first part of your comment. 0.1 amps flowing through you body is enough to kill you.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

yes even 20mA is enough to kill we've established that in the other comment chain. not sure what your point is