Factor (ampere)
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Value
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Item
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10−19
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160 zA
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Current flow of one electron per second
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10−12
|
1-15 pA
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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 membranes
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10−5
|
10 μA
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Minimum current necessary to cause death (by ventricular fibrillation when applied directly across the human heart)[1]
|
10−4
|
700μA
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Portable hearing aid (typically 1 mW at 1.4 V)
|
10−3
|
1 – 5mA
|
Cathode ray tube electron gun beam current[2]
|
10−2
|
10mA
|
Through the hand to foot may cause a person to freeze and be unable to let go[1]
|
20mA
|
Common light-emitting diode (constant current); also deadly limit for skin contact (at 120–230 V)
|
80mA
|
Upper limit for TENS modeled for 500 Ω[3]
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10−1
|
150mA
|
230 V AC, 22-inch/56-centimeter portable television (35 W)
|
166mA
|
Typical 12 V motor vehicle instrument panel light
|
250 – 450mA
|
230 V AC Tungsten incandescent light bulb (60–100 W)
|
290mA
|
120 V AC, 22-inch/56-centimeter portable television (35 W)
|
500 – 830mA
|
120 V AC Tungsten incandescent light bulb (60–100 W)
|
100
|
1A
|
Typical iPhone charger (5 W)
|
1.35A
|
Tesla coil, 0.76 meters (2 ft 6 in) high, at 200 kV and 270 kV peak[4]
|
2.1A
|
High power LED current (peak 2.7 A)[5]
|
5A
|
One typical 12 V motor vehicle headlight (typically 60 W)
|
9A
|
230 V AC, toaster, kettle (2 kW)
|
101
|
10 or 20A
|
230 V AC, Europe common domestic circuit breaker rating
|
15 or 20A
|
120 V AC, United States, Canada and Mexico domestic circuit breaker rating
|
16.6A
|
120 V AC, toaster, kettle (2 kW)
|
20A
|
230 V AC, Immersion heater (4.6 kW)
|
24A
|
12V DC, PC, High-performance graphics card (288W)
|
38.3A
|
120 V AC, Immersion heater (4.6 kW)
|
102
|
80-160A
|
Typical 12 V motor vehicle starter motor (typically 1–2 kW)
|
80-375A
|
TIG welding arc[6]
|
166A
|
400 V low voltage secondary side distribution transformer with primary 12 kV; 200 kVA (up to 1000 kVA also common)[7]
|
103
|
2kA
|
10.5 kV secondary side from an electrical substation with primary 115 kV; 63 MVA[8]
|
9.3 kA
|
2.7V, Ultracapacitor short circuit current[9]
|
104
|
25 kA
|
Lorentz force can crusher pinch[10]
|
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[11]
|
106
|
1 MA
|
High range of Birkeland current
|
5 MA
|
Flux tube between Jupiter and Io (moon)[12]
|
26 MA
|
Sandia National Laboratories, Z machine approximate firing current[13] since 2007
|
256MA
|
VNIIEF laboratories (Russia) current produced in explosive flux compression generator
|
109
|
3 GA
|
Total current in Sol's heliospheric current sheet
|
1018
|
3 EA
|
Current of 2kpc segment of 50kpc-long radio jet of the Seyfert galaxy 3C 303[14]
|