UNTRANSLATED .. 2.8

Human body as a conductor

Objective

Touching the AC mains is fatal to us because our body is a conductor. We can explore this using low voltage signals.

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Procedure

Discussion

The observed peak voltage will be less than 3volts, due to the resistance of the body. There could be some ripple due to the 50Hz AC pickup. This can be eliminated by performing the experiment far away from power lines, using a laptop.