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Originally Posted by Arclight
It's all about Amps; one of those electrostatic discharges from your fingertip to your motherboard can be thousands of volts. 
No, I know that doesn't help.  |
Yea.. that discharge from your finger tips is in the micro amps range because the source is not really substantial.
But the fact is that .001 amps at 120V will give you a little tickle. .001 amps at 480V will drop you on the floor dead.
Furthermore the electrical system in your home is capable of delivering 10's of thousands of amps (for a split second or so before everything blows up).