Can U Die from a house Electric power point?

Question

from a home house basic nomral power plug point.

How much volts needed to die?

Answer 1

yes u can. coz its AC. if you come in contact with the live line and if any of your body part is in contact with Earth, you're completing the path for current to flow. i don know the treshold voltage beyond which ppl die or below which ppl survive, but supply AC 110V, 220V is sufficient to knock you off this world.

Answer 2

About 40 volts or above can be lethal. You can survive this or a much higher voltage, but you may not, it depends on a lot of factors, like skin moisture, how the current flows inside your body, other factors.

House power is 120 volts, or 240 volts in europe.

So yes, you can die.

Answer 3

You can if it is faulty.  It is not so much the voltage that is important but the amps.  Voltage does have some influence.

High voltage transmission lines are obviously extremely dangerous.

Extra note. In Australia all new electrical installations require the fitting of an earth leakage safety device. This detects the flow of electricity through your body to earth from a live wire (which could be from a faulty switch or appliance) instantly and switches the power off in that circuit at the meter box. Many home owners have retro fitting of these devices to their homes.

This has cut the number of deaths from electrical accidents in the home.  

Some states require an earth leakage device (safety switch) to be fitted on all appropriate circuits of any existing home sold.

Landlords could be  thought to be negligent if these safety devices are not fitted on rental properties.

Why not get earth leakage devices fitted in your home if you don't already have them?

Answer 4

Its only the volts that could kill, also the current...if you notice that there are many person die of low voltage rather than high voltage...in low voltage the current is high...