I’ve been looking into putting a microchip in my hand now for a while, but the only thing stopping me is my job. I’m an 02/01 electrician,(commercial, and residential) and there are times when I’m not able to shut the power off on something im working on, and I do zap myself every now and again. Most of the time it’s a household outlet or switch(120), but I sometimes work in operating warehouses where I cant shut off the power, and its DC. I’ve only felt DC twice but would the microchip suffer any damage, or would it be insulated from the current?
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I have a chip in my lef hand as well as a scar from 240v ac when changing a lamp backed from the ring main. Chip had no ill effect.
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Nope. I get shocked all the time with DC and AC right around my implants. Your body is a significantly lower resistance pathway than through the glass, resin, and Integrated Circuit.
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If you’re an electrician, you should know that glass doesn’t conduct electricity.
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The chips are encased in glass which is a classic insulator and was even used on power poles before ceramic insulators… but also… you are a giant bag of salt water… you are the best conductor ever… so there’s no reason for the current to even attempt to make a pathway through the chip.
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No. The implants are glass encapsulated. Glass does not conduct electricity.
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Yeah, if you’re shocking yourself with any sort of regularity I’d be much more concerned with the electricity affecting your heart than it affecting a small piece of glass
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I was actually rewiring some lighting today and had that exact thought. Then I just said… how about don’t get shocked. Success. Lighting wired, no shocks. Mind over matter 
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