Electrocuting oneself

[TheoneandonlytrueGod]

What gives you the notion that any less voltage (not talking about current for now!) will be induced along my body compared to the wire as I move through a magnetic field?

Short answer: A human body is not the sort of material that reacts to magnetic fields (in the sense you suggest). And yes there are electrical currents produced by the body  but not induced by an external magnetic field.

You are constantly moving through the earths magnetic field but there no EMF(potential [voltage]) induced in your body and if there is it is so minuscule it cannot be measured with any instrument  presently available. That is the first reason.

Second reason: it takes a completed circuit before any current can be flow.



V = voltage induced (EMF(potential [voltage])) (can be roughly analogous to water pressure) only in a metallic wire.
C= Current: movement of electrons in the wire (again roughly analogous to the movement of water through a pipe).
R = Resistance: Some substance that resists (impedes) the flow of electrons. Roughly analogous to water being forced through a smaller pipe.
There is no voltage induced in the resistor only an impediment to the flow of electrons (current).

A conductor of electricity that is not connected to some sort of load is known as an open circuit (think blown fuse [tripped circuit breaker] in your house therefore no current flows to a load (light bulb, electric stove, etc);



So in the cited example (a wire connected to two parts of the body) is a closed circuit and therefore a current would flow if you moved fast enough around the earth (a magnetic field). It would induce a current of sufficient quantity to kill you.

Your body actually resists the current flow and in the process generates heat just as a resistor in an electric circuit does. It is the current that kills you not the voltage. Electric Chairs kill with current not voltage. As I said before check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricity and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_de_Graaff_generator

I think I'm   here. BTW if one has to explain a joke it goes right down the toilet.    Time for   ,  lots of it.

Gack, I thought this would be a quick reply and a simple explanation. BTW are you familiar with or work with electricity?