Orders of magnitude (current)

To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various amounts of electric current.

Factor (ampere) Value Item10−19 160 zA One electron per second10−12 1-15 pA Range of currents associated with single ion channels [calcium (1 pA), sodium (10-14 pA), potassium (6 pA)] as measured by patch-clamp studies of biological membranes10−5 10 μA Minimum current necessary to cause death (by ventricular fibrillation when applied directly across the human heart)pupman.com - Tesla coils safety information, 2003-03-3010−4 700 μA Portable hearing aid (typically 1 mW at 1.4 V)10−3 Cathode ray tube electron gun beam currentrepairfaq.ece.drexel.edu - TV and Monitor CRT (Picture Tube) Information , 2008-09-24 10−2 10 mA Through the hand to foot may cause a person to freeze and be unable to let go 20 mA Common light-emitting diode (constant current); also deadly limit for skin contact (at 120–230 V) 80 mA Upper limit for TENS modeled for debmar.com - Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (T.E.N.S.) unit for pain management and replacement electrodes., read 2012-06-11 10−1 150 mA 230 V AC, 22-inch/56-centimeter portable television (35 W) 166 mA Typical 12 V motor vehicle instrument panel light 230 V AC Tungsten incandescent light bulb (60–100 W) 290 mA 120 V AC, 22-inch/56-centimeter portable television (35 W) 120 V AC Tungsten incandescent light bulb (60–100 W)1001 ACurrent flow of 1019 elementary charges every seconds 1 A Typical iPhone charger (5 W) 1.35 A Tesla coil, high, at and peakcapturedlightning.org - Modeled and Actual Voltage and Current Waveforms within aTesla Coil, 1998-12-22 2.1 A High power LED current (peak 2.7 A), read 2012-06-14 5 A One typical 12 V motor vehicle headlight (typically 60 W) 9 A 230 V AC, toaster, kettle (2 kW) 101 10 or 20 A 230 V AC, Europe common domestic circuit breaker rating 15 or 20 A 120 V AC, United States, Canada and Mexico domestic circuit breaker rating 16.6 A 120 V AC, toaster, kettle (2 kW) 20 A 230 V AC, Immersion heater (4.6 kW) 24 A 12V DC, PC, High-performance graphics card (288W) 38.3 A 120 V AC, Immersion heater (4.6 kW) 102 80–160 A Typical 12 V motor vehicle starter motor (typically 1–2 kW) 80–375 A TIG welding arcWest Country Welding Supplies 166 A 400 V low voltage secondary side distribution transformer with primary ; (up to also common)pgvcl.com - Technical Specification for 200-500 kVA , page 3 103 2 kA 10.5 kV secondary side from an electrical substation with primary ; btbplaza.com - BtB Plaza - The Transformer Marketplace - SIEMENS 63 MVA, 115/10.5 kV GSU, read 2012-06-20 9.3 kA 2.7V, Ultracapacitor short circuit current 104 25 kA Lorentz force can crusher pinchpowerlabs.org - The PowerLabs Solid State Can Crusher!, 2002 30 kA Typical lightning strike 105 100 kA Low range of Birkeland current that creates Earth's aurorae 140 kA "Sq" current of one daytime vortex within the ionospheric dynamo region 180 kA Typical current used in electric arc furnace for ferroalloys"High-current industrial transformers", Siemens AG, accessed 2017-11-23 106 1 MA High range of Birkeland current 5 MA Flux tube between Jupiter and Io (moon) 26 MA Sandia National Laboratories, Z machine approximate firing current since 2007 256 MA VNIIEF laboratories (Russia) current produced in explosive flux compression generator109 3 GA Total current in the Sun's heliospheric current sheet1018 3 EA Current of 2 kpc segment of 50 kpc-long radio jet of the Seyfert galaxy 3C 303

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