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Ian Stirling
 
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Tom Gardner wrote:
My gut says no kill. Somebody with more math skill will have to work this
out.

Lets see:

1 farrad= 1 coulome=1amp


Err, no.
1 Farad = 1 Coulomb/V.
1 amp, 1F = 1V/s.

7 uF=.007amp at 1500v


Discharging it all in one second gives .015A.
However, at high voltage, the body has a resistance of some 500 ohms.
This means that the current starts at 3A or more.

So, it'll discharge in about 2ms.

I think I've been hit with more from a sparkplug wire on many occasions and
I was only mentally damaged.


Spark plug wires will not put out more than a few tens of milliamps, at best.