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AC is quite a lot more dangerous than DC for humans at ~hundreds of Volts. ElectroBOOM has made a nice demonstration of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn
by fsh 3y ago
AC is quite a lot more dangerous than DC for humans at ~hundreds of Volts. ElectroBOOM has made a nice demonstration of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snk3C4m44SY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snk3C4m44SY
- 10u152 3y agoDC arcs are much harder to extinguish. Switching 10A of 240v AC is trivial. Switching 10A of 240V DC is much more complicated in terms of switchgear. Sustained arcs are dangerous.