Pops is an electrician (I’m an “audio electrician”), and he always told me to touch with the back of your hand so you just fall, hopefully away. Also, AC swings to 0v, so you got 60 short chances a second to leggo. He always mentioned how DC will just lock your muscles up.
Back of your hand because the power will cause your muscles to contract and grip the wire of touching with the inside of your hand.
Yeah I sorta pretended to be an electrician for 2.5 years. Made decent money too.
DC is how defibrillators work. stops the heart (contracts) then releases it and hopefully normal rhythm follows. 440 AC will knock you away where 120 AC will hold you. It's the frequency that does you in but it usually has to travel through your body rather than just through your hand.
Yes also I heard it was a common hollywood misconception to defib on flatlines, apparently they use drugs for flatlines(like artificial adrenaline I think?) and defibs are for irregular dangerous heart rhythms.
Feel free to add on anyone more well versed in this.
Yeh defibs just reset your heart rather than turn it on.
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