Just a little current can kill
The chart shows the effect of shocks at increasing current levels in milliamps. At 1 you can just feel it. At 5 to 10 you can't let go. At 20 to 50 it is possibly fatal, and at 60 and above it is probably fatal.
A milliamp is 1/1000th of an ampere, a measure of electrical current.
- 1 milliamp is the trip setting for a GFCI shock protection. A GFCI is a ground fault circuit interrupter, a device that protects against serious shock.
- 60 milliamps is a 7.5-watt Christmas Tree light
- 90 milliamps is a 12-watt electric shaver
- 800 milliamps is a 100-watt light bulb
- 8000 millamps is 1000-watt hair dryer