RV Hot Skin (Exterior electrification)
This past weekend my wife was electrocuted when she stepped onto the trailer steps and grabbed the handrail while in bare feet. She was subsequently thrown from the rig and landed in the grass. She ...
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CA Traveler wrote:Mike134 wrote:Or maybe even less. GFCIs trip at about 5 millamps or 0.005 amps. That's a very small ground fault (ie the amp leakage to ground).
Just an FYI Whenever there is an electrocution fatality the breaker never trips. It's not designed for that type of protection.
Keep in mind when working on this 100 milliamps will kill you.
Another words 0.1 amps. Do you have the necessary skills? Based on some of the answers I saw in this thread those folks providing the answers don't either.
Your correct 5 milliamps is their deigned trip point, some folks can't even feel it. 20 milliamps will cause you to be unable to release your grip, then as your skin breaks down more current will flow till your heart goes into an irregular heartbeat. In the case of the Op's wife her muscles fortunately contracted violently enough to throw her clear.
