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What is more dangerous AC & DC ?

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Question added by Arun Vincent , Electrical Engineer , Advanced Construction Technologies
Date Posted: 2017/04/02
Alikhan Mangwano
by Alikhan Mangwano , Project engineer , IIW-INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS

ac is more dangerous than direct current

Osama Waheed
by Osama Waheed , Electrical supervisor , International Builders

Alternating current ac is more dangerous then direct current dc

Muhammad Setiawan Amin
by Muhammad Setiawan Amin , Electrical Maintenance Method , Total E&P Indonesie

AC voltage is more dangerous than DC voltage

AC has high voltage when compared with DC .Due to High Voltage AC is more dangerous than DC

jamal waziri
by jamal waziri , technical supervisor , ports and rail equipments

One of the reasons that AC might be considered more dangerous is that it arguably has more ways of getting into your body. Since the voltage alternates, it can cause current to enter and exit your body even without a closed loop, since your body (and what ground it's attached to) has capacitance. DC cannot do that. Also, AC is quite easily stepped up to higher voltages using transformers, while with DC that requires some relatively elaborate electronics. Finally, while your skin has a fairly high resistance to protect you, and the air is also a terrific insulator as long as you're not touching any wires, sometimes the inductance of AC transformers can cause high-voltage sparks that break down the air and I imagine can get through your skin a bit as well.

Praveen kumar G
by Praveen kumar G , Electrical Engineer , Seder Engineering

of course DC is more dangerous and harmful

Anwar Ahmed Abdullah Al-Fawdaeai
by Anwar Ahmed Abdullah Al-Fawdaeai , electrical engineer , Tenaga national

DC more dangrouse than AC  in term of shocked and hazard . the reson is that DC is a direct curent with zero frequency while ac switch on and off 50 times per secodnd giving the victim more chance to skeep the electrical shocked .h

SACHIN KUMAR
by SACHIN KUMAR , Sr. Electrical Engineer , AS Engineering General Trading & Contracting

Direct current (DC) is more dangours as compare to Alternating current (AC) beacause in DC current there is no frequency or zero frequency  but in AC there is frequency 50 Hertz means 50 Cycles per second. It means in AC, current changes direction or polarity 100 times in one second. or you can understand in easy word it will ON & OFF 50 times in one second.

debasis chatterjee
by debasis chatterjee , COMMISSIONING ENGINEER , ESCON ELEVATOR PVT. LTD.

DC IS MORE DANGEROUS THEN A.C IF THE VOLTAGE IS SAME 

mahatma ghandi
by mahatma ghandi , Electrician , Siemens

DC's are 10x dangerous...just google it

Abdessamad NADIR
by Abdessamad NADIR , AGENT MAITRISE , SONASID

AC is more Dangerous than DC, The security voltage in AC is 50 Volts and in DC is 120 volts.

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