According to Charles Dalziel experiments on men and women, muscles contraction is continuous in case of an electric shock with DC current. Whereas in the case of AC current, a person experiencing electric shock undergoes a series of muscle contraction. Series of muscle contraction causes very severe damage to the muscles.
DC current “let-go” threshold is higher than the AC “let-go” threshold. More DC current is required to produce a similar effect as of AC current.
These arguments are not only based upon experiments being carried out on men and women but also have been studied medically. Hence, the argument in favor of AC current holds the truth.
Now, it can be summarised that AC Current is more dangerous than DC Current.
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