How am I not dead?

[prichard]

Nice write-up James. The key is the resistance. The only reason the OP felt tingling was the salt water content on the surface of his arm created a low resistance path.

The other factor here is DC. DC is much safer to humans, despite Edison's elephant, than AC.

 

[Citydude]

Still trying to wrap my head around getting your tongue across a car battery James. Pictures?

 

[prichard]

Still trying to wrap my head around getting your tongue across a car battery James. Pictures?

ROFL, nice
:laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Still trying to wrap my head around getting your tongue across a car battery James. Pictures?

6 volt City, 6 volt.. NOT a 12 volt I would do a 6. 9 or 10 volts starts to "smart some" I wouldn't try a 12. And I would need some extension wire to make that contact, as actually I cannot lick my eyebrows. :laughing: :licking:

 

[k0ua]

Nice write-up James. The key is the resistance. The only reason the OP felt tingling was the salt water content on the surface of his arm created a low resistance path.

The other factor here is DC. DC is much safer to humans, despite Edison's elephant, than AC.

Thank you. Yes I saw the video clip of that poor elephant. That was pretty cruel thing to do for a marketing ploy.

 

[Soundguy]

if we are compairing dc to ac, is it starm to start talking peak to peak, peak, average and root mean square values and why rms / dc relationship

 

[CobyRupert]

Still trying to wrap my head around getting your tongue across a car battery James. Pictures?

ha, ha...

Reminds me of the joke:
How is a women's %##**** like a 9 volt battery? -You know it's wrong but you can't stop yourself from putting your tongue on it!!

 

[JD15302155870]

12 volts is pretty safe unless you made cuts in your skin and inserted probes into your "meat". I used to work around 48 volts and have gotten across it many times. No big deal, but that is about the most you would want to do, and there is some danger there. I have "taste tested" many 9 volt batteries, and a good fresh one in about all you would want to put across your tongue. It smarts some. The biggest danger from working around batteries is getting burned from a piece a metal across the terminals. They can turn a wrench white hot pretty quick. Especially a 48 volt Central office battery pack capable of delivery thousands of amperes at 48 Volts. If you do the math, that is a bunch of watts.

Have you pulled jumpers on the horizontal side of the frame and got bit on your under arm? Not that much fun but a lot better than catching the 105 AC ringing.

 

[Threepoint]

if we are compairing dc to ac, is it starm to start talking peak to peak, peak, average and root mean square values and why rms / dc relationship

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Soundguy, I'm a lifetime learner. So the answer is yes, and I'm looking forward to it! :thumbsup:

 

[mapper]

Yeah- like shorting a wedding ring across the + starter lug to a ground, Heard a story about a local guy who lost everything above the ring... After getting married I always removed my ring when working around starters and solenoids- that story stuck with me.

When I was about 10 years old my dad got his wristwatch band into a dead short position between the positive post or starter solenoid on a car he was working on. He wore the link pattern around his wrist to the day he passed.