>guaranteed instant death that, say a 25kV shock is Also not true. You can safely hold a metal rod into the air as a 20,000 volt tesla coil fires lightening b

>guaranteed instant death that, say a 25kV shock is Also not true. You can safely hold a metal rod into the air as a 20,000 volt tesla coil fires lightening bolts through the air and into your body then to the ground, because the coil is built in such a way to induce very little amperage across your body. My point being, it's not just the voltage. I was just imprecise with my language. What I should have said is "110v or 240v could kill you dead". And that is why the following sentences qualify what I was saying. Household voltage is plenty to kill you, assuming the factors are aligned. I have been shocked multiple times with household 110v and it was not pleasant at times and others it was barely a twinge. It all depends on how well you are grounded. I had a very unpleasant shock once from a 12v car battery because I was sitting on the ground in shorts and fiddling with it somehow.