1A amperage is a feature of saltwater eels, ones that produce electricity at much lower voltages, like 10-80V. This is a natural adaptation allowing them to maximize power output in a relatively highly conductive environment.
The freshwater eels, the ones producing 600-800V, are only able to output about 0,1A, because that’s just how power works.
1A at 600V would be a guaranteed instakill for a human.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
There’s no given amperage coming out of the wall. It’s a product of V=IR. Given a constant resistance for the person’s body, three times the voltage does means three times the current.
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 9 months ago
An eel can only generate so much power, so essentially the voltage will drop so that the power will be lower.
600V at 0,01A will just turn to, say, 100V at 0,06A if the resistance between two points will be 1667 Ohm.
In that sense, amperage is super important. We should always consider capabilities of the power source, this is big part of electrical grid engineering.