A question about electrical circuits and electric shock

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i have no idea what you guys are learning at school these days…

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but the level keeps dropping each year,no wonder pokemon go is so successful

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na its true u can generate like 20,000 volts rubbing your feet on the carpet…i dont know how that works? and doesnt harm u? i have nor read up all the science behind it.

True dont play with electircity IRL as most often you are grounded…

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and dolphins lay eggs

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http://www.esdsystems.com/whitepapers/wp_carpet.html

here u go sir

If one feels or sees the static shock, it is a minimum of 3000 volts. The potential static charge that can develop from walking on tile floors is greater than 15,000 volts, while carpeted floors can generate in excess of 30,000 volts.

BUt it has low current so it doesnt do damage? thats what im trying to figure out

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Current = Voltage / Resistance

This is why high voltage is dangerous.

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ok so how come when i generate 20,000 volt rubbing my foot along the carpet i am not injured?

I gain those electons and charge? then if i touch something metal like a door handle the charge releases which can cause a small shock at that point

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It’s because that carpet only has a finite amount of charge (which is measured in coulombs, btw. Current is measured in ampere, and one ampere is equal to one coulomb per second), which isn’t enough to keep up a high current for longer than a brief moment–if you can even get that high a current out of it.
That’s it.

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I see so its just like a short charge, whereas touching a plug socket is a constant stream of energy.

BUT still once this charge is in the body where is it stored and it only releases via touching conductive objects?

ALso what is the amount of electircal energy? Is it measured in JOules and how does that relate to voltage? Or that is what the coloumbe is?

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and now you know.
WHY they do.