reek v. Old English recan (Anglian), reocan (West Saxon) emit smoke, from Proto-Germanic *reukanan (cf. Old Frisian reka smoke, Middle Dutch roken, Dutch rieken to smoke, Old High German riohhan to smoke, steam, German rauchen to smoke, riechen to smell).
Ohm's law states that the current drawn depends on the resistance of the body. The resistance of human skin varies from person to person and fluctuates between different times of day. The NIOSH states Under dry conditions, the resistance offered by the human body may be as high as 100,000 Ohms. Wet or broken skin may drop the body's resistance to 1,000 Ohms, adding that high-voltage electrical energy quickly breaks down human skin, reducing the human body's resistance to 500 Ohms.
Your body is like a big resistor. Usually, your body's resistance is high enough to prevent damage when you're exposed to low voltages. However, certain conditions can lower your body's resistance, lowering the amount of voltage needed to cause you serious damage, such as giving you a nasty burn.oth AC (alternating current, such as the power from your wall outlet) and DC (direct current, such as from a battery) voltage can damage you in different ways: 1  AC voltage: This type of voltage regularly reverses direction.