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Is it safe to touch a conductor carrying 1000 amperes at 6 volts?
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Is it safe to touch a conductor carrying 1000 amperes at 6 volts?

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Answer: No it is not safe, it will burn the part you touch it with

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Yes, as long as the conductor is large enough in cross sectional to carry that amount of current without heating to the point that you are burned. 6 volts isn’t enough to do so but indeed the size!

The smaller conductors will be dangerous
As the mouth the bigger ones won’t!
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