New Electricity Damage Table

[Nevenall]

I was making a set game tables for myself and I was dissatisfied with the electricity table...so I made a new one. It's based on a simple doubling of voltage per Damage Class and I think the overall scale works out very well.

 

Volts DC

12.5 1

x2 +1

[dmjalund]

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[Nevenall]

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[StGrimblefig]

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Not to be too picky, but isn't it the amps that do the damage, not the volts?

[ghost-angel]

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Not to be too picky' date=' but isn't it the amps that do the damage, not the volts?[/quote']

 

It's both really.

 

High Voltage Low Amperage can still kill you. High Amperage just does it faster usually.

 

OSHA has a table that goes over the effects are various Volt/Amp combos and their effects on the human nervous system. There's also certain responses such as locked muscles (won't let go of the offending electrical thing as you lose muscle control) and spasm (where you get tossed clear when you touch the electrical source) and the different damages they do.

 

Electrocution - like everything else - is a varied system of responses based on current, voltage, amperage, and nervous system interacting with it.

[Nevenall]

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Not to be too picky' date=' but isn't it the amps that do the damage, not the volts?[/quote']

What g-a said.

This is only a replacement for the electricity table in 6E2, which is based on volts and contains more detailed information.

[TSandman]

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Here's some info you could like...

 

Small Refresh:

Amps * Volts = Watts... (P=VI)

Ohms * Amps = Volts (V=RI)

(see http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohm.htm for all the derived equations)

 

Voltage is the "Force" at which the electrons try to go through the medium, which is "resisting" that motion (Resistance)

Amps are the quantities of electron able to do so

 

Huge Voltage, Tiny Amperage = static electricity (a big Zap and it's over, nothing else happens)

Electric arcs can be "bypassed" by a faraday cage (just look at http://www.drmegavolt.com/)

 

Some thing are more sensible to Static electricity, others to Amperage.

In our technology, we Mostly operate Voltage sources (meaning it's the Amps that varies, voltage being stable)

 

ex: standard north american electric outlet = 120V, UP to 15 Amps

 

If you want a catch-all rule for easy roleplaying you're more likely to have it based on the actual POWER (watts) transfered, meaning that a Low voltage High Amps current will do the same "damage" as a High Voltage Los Amperage, as long as the Wattage is the same

 

Ex: 1 Volt * 100 Amps = 100 Watts = 100 Volts * 1 Amps

 

 

A Nice site if you want to get "Real World" effects for humans: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/4.html

 

From this site:

BODILY EFFECT DIRECT CURRENT (DC) 60 Hz AC 10 kHz AC

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Slight sensation Men = 1.0 mA 0.4 mA 7 mA

felt at hand(s) Women = 0.6 mA 0.3 mA 5 mA

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Threshold of Men = 5.2 mA 1.1 mA 12 mA

perception Women = 3.5 mA 0.7 mA 8 mA

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Painful, but Men = 62 mA 9 mA 55 mA

voluntary muscle Women = 41 mA 6 mA 37 mA

control maintained

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Painful, unable Men = 76 mA 16 mA 75 mA

to let go of wires Women = 51 mA 10.5 mA 50 mA

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Severe pain, Men = 90 mA 23 mA 94 mA

difficulty Women = 60 mA 15 mA 63 mA

breathing

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Possible heart Men = 500 mA 100 mA

fibrillation Women = 500 mA 100 mA

after 3 seconds

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• Wire touched by finger: 40,000 Ω to 1,000,000 Ω dry, 4,000 Ω to 15,000 Ω wet.
  
• Wire held by hand: 15,000 Ω to 50,000 Ω dry, 3,000 Ω to 5,000 Ω wet.
  
• Metal pliers held by hand: 5,000 Ω to 10,000 Ω dry, 1,000 Ω to 3,000 Ω wet.
  
• Contact with palm of hand: 3,000 Ω to 8,000 Ω dry, 1,000 Ω to 2,000 Ω wet.
  
• 1.5 inch metal pipe grasped by one hand: 1,000 Ω to 3,000 Ω dry, 500 Ω to 1,500 Ω wet.
  
• 1.5 inch metal pipe grasped by two hands: 500 Ω to 1,500 kΩ dry, 250 Ω to 750 Ω wet. (parallel resitance augment conductivity)
  
• Hand immersed in conductive liquid: 200 Ω to 500 Ω.
  
• Foot immersed in conductive liquid: 100 Ω to 300 Ω.