What you see above is one of those arcade electric chairs, which claims to pump 2,000 volts of electricty through your body. It is available for rent for parties and whatnot, and I'll have linkage for that in a second, but first, how these things work:
For a change, I actually decided to do a little research. Sort of. The first part of my research consisted of having previously used one of these about a year ago in San Francisco. Despite the fact that I was supposedly jolted with 2,000 volts, I'm still here to tell the tale. So there's that.
The second part of it is that a human being can survive anything up to 50,000 volts on dry skin, as long as the amperage is low. An actual electric chair uses 2,000 volts, and 10 amps. Assuming the amperage is low on one of these chairs, how do they guarantee that there is "little or no risk," when it's possible you might have wet or sweaty skin?
That's an easy one: They're not actually shocking you. This is just my working theory, based on my experience a year ago, and the info above, but these "toy" electric chairs aren't actually coursing you with any electricty... They're just shaking very hard, very quickly. So given that you're told you're going to be shocked, and you're holding metal rods, you think you're being electrocuted, but really, you're just shaking a lot.
Am I right? My extensive reasearch didn't come up with anything. So go ahead an prove me wrong, kids. Prove me wrong.
[Machine World]
[Via Born Rich]
