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I do not get this thing about amps and volts. Most people think that it is amps that kill. Why is it that if you have 12,000 volts and 1 microamp, you can still die a painful death? Isn't it wattage that kills?
So, you may be wondering how this goes with this topic: Well, the traces would probably break down if you had a high voltage and low amperage because the wattage will still be high. Wattage is Voltage times Amperage. A supercapacitor of 1 volt will do the same damage as a 12 volt battery outputting a tenth of that amperage. Using Ohm's law below: If the trace has a resistance of 1 ohm, 10,000 volts at .0001 Amps would equal to ten watts. With the same resistance, 1 volt at 10 amps would equal ten watts. That is the same amount of energy. No less, No more! The only difference is that in the first scenario, there is a high pressure and low flow. In the second scenario, there is a lower pressure but a higher flow. It is more-or-less the same as converting potential energy to kinetic energy and back! Ohm's Law: I = E / R E = I * R R = V / I General Power Law: P = I * E E = P / I I = P / E P: Power E: Voltage I: Amperage R: Resistance Guys, Please let me know if I am misunderstanding physics here! |
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