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The mandatory household earth-fault relay cuts the power at 50mA leak current, a house's earth connection must have low enough resistance to prevent more than 50V standing voltage on any appliance.
(so if your stove have an insulation error it will cut the power before it reaches 50V difference to ground)
One example from trade school on dangerous currents involves car batteries.
The voltage is nowhere strong enough to kill* anyone, but the amps available can easily start fires and kill people that way.
The example is a wire from the car to lights and assorted 12V appliances in a trailer/caravan, just a regular extension cord, without fuse, and just waiting for a short circuit to burst into flames along its whole length.
*but can be unpleasant depending on where you insert the wires
(so if your stove have an insulation error it will cut the power before it reaches 50V difference to ground)
One example from trade school on dangerous currents involves car batteries.
The voltage is nowhere strong enough to kill* anyone, but the amps available can easily start fires and kill people that way.
The example is a wire from the car to lights and assorted 12V appliances in a trailer/caravan, just a regular extension cord, without fuse, and just waiting for a short circuit to burst into flames along its whole length.
*but can be unpleasant depending on where you insert the wires
