yeah i’m sticking with my caveman brain. not touchin electricity and big animals 💀

@justingood1443

2 ай бұрын

It’s not a bad choice. I always assume in the construction field that what I don’t know can probably kill me.

@willshannon793

2 ай бұрын

Always a smart way to look at life. If it looks like it could possibly hurt you and you're unsure about any possible danger, listen to the monkey brain and don't touch it. It's surprising how many people need to be repeatedly told: "hey, don't touch this", "don't eat that", "stay away from that", and "don't shove that in your ass", just ask any ER/Trauma nurse and you'll hear plenty of stories of people who have done some pretty dumb shit that SHOULD have been common sense to avoid doing, and they still don't realize what exactly they did wrong to get severely injured.

@gamingwithred5867

2 ай бұрын

I thought a caveman brain wouldn't know what to do and end up doing something stupid

@juliansteenbergen9057

2 ай бұрын

I had once not disconnected my battery, and went to go remove my alternator, and had electrocuted myself

@shadowX50

2 ай бұрын

Fire hot

Instructions unclear. My car exploded

@eliasceledon595

2 ай бұрын

😂

@wheezer5038

2 ай бұрын

Me whenever I talk to my technically inclined friend

@ahmetadam-fe9vm

2 ай бұрын

#relatable

@EternalExistence

2 ай бұрын

Mine turned into a flux capacitor

@Zamarrwilliams12

2 ай бұрын

Mines turned into a particle accelerator

As an electrician for 20 years I can honestly state that the worst shock I've felt was from a distributor cap! Holy crap that's a good time!

@tonnyberben1770

28 күн бұрын

Thats because its extreme high voltage needed to make youre spark that ignites the fuel air mix 😀

@ryuukeisscifiproductions1818

28 күн бұрын

Voltages that distributors use can be up to 40,000 volts.

@baronvonbeandip

28 күн бұрын

"Holy crap that's a good time" Truly spoken like an electrician.

@vernontorrence4407

25 күн бұрын

Some coils can deliver up to a 100,000 volts! Its needed in high compression engines. The higher the compression the more resistant it is to allow a spark for the ignition of the fuel. They do pack a good punch!!

@user-oz6te4fx5b

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, got whacked by a 60000 volt coil once. That rattled my teeth.

Instructions unclear, I now control electricity.

@Soupler52

27 күн бұрын

Okay electro, go fight Spider-Man or something

@itsme-we3wm

25 күн бұрын

Okay charge my phone now💀

@johnnyhatchet448

21 күн бұрын

I was 421 😂

@unreal_taxi

21 күн бұрын

Bossman that is great news

@K0BRAKID

19 күн бұрын

Electro??

Legitimately the most useful short I have ever seen

@regenjacob

2 ай бұрын

you mean short.... circuit

@rizanzaky616

2 ай бұрын

​@@regenjacobget out🗿

@xeoaikari7876

2 ай бұрын

​@@regenjacob 👏👏

@noahhkun5097

2 ай бұрын

Useful for what? You be licking car batteries a lot?

@themodfather9382

2 ай бұрын

The dumbest, you mean? This can blow up the entire front of your car

As a professional mechanic, I'm so spoiled by the low risk of working on car's electrical systems. So every time I try to do some electrician work at home, I end up welding.

@drdrift2818

2 ай бұрын

Accidentally welding is my fav. U have a screwdriver I always keep on me to remind myself

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

2 ай бұрын

Industry is set to go all in on 48 Volts, another Tesla initiative.

@Gkitchens1

2 ай бұрын

What he probably should have said in the same sentence is once you involve the alternator in the circuit it absolutely can and will kill you if you ground it like that while the engine is running.

@sethglenn9022

2 ай бұрын

@@Gkitchens1 A battery has much more potential energy stored in it than what an alternator can produce. very little change in danger going from 12 to 14.5 volts.

@csn583

2 ай бұрын

I've welded in the vicinity of my starter many times. Home wiring doesn't do much welding at all, it just wants to give my heart a firm handshake. 💔

As an electrician for 30 years, I fear nothing more than DC.

@xmr9475

Күн бұрын

Not 30 yrs but still. FUCK DC. So scary

One of the best Electrical shorts

@adanacsman

7 күн бұрын

This comment deserves more likes

@johnwalked

5 күн бұрын

​@@adanacsman Thanks man, posted the comment from Ethiopia I suspect the algorithm ignores IPs originating from such countries

Good news: Car batteries won't electrocute you Bad news: It will burn you

@edhuber3557

2 ай бұрын

Not by direct human path. But it could burn you if you lay a wrench on it and grab the wrench.

@onoybeuh

2 ай бұрын

​@@edhuber3557no shit

@DrDrops420

2 ай бұрын

@@edhuber3557so if there is metal to metal contact, ans then I touch it it can be dangerousv

@klevisimeri607

2 ай бұрын

Wait a sec what happend to you

@edhuber3557

2 ай бұрын

@@DrDrops420 If metal contact then it is low resistance, meaning high current, and the metal can quickly get v.hot...and you could get a burn. However, metal between the contacts will likely warn you by giving a big spark. Break that connection by a quick hand punch or tool-knock. Overall, the 12V car battery should be respected but is not highly dangerous to you.

This dude just helped me get over a big fear. I always thought "there has to be a way I can die from this, right?"

@user-wr7kx1ye4r

2 ай бұрын

There is but you have to really try or be really stupid.

@randomkitty2555

2 ай бұрын

Someone can either throw it at you really really hard or you get monkey brained and decide to drink the acid inside the battery.

@vincegoheen2764

2 ай бұрын

Blow up a battery doing this ..hindenberg was hydrogen gas as is that battery

@milescarter7803

2 ай бұрын

If you are messing with after it has worked hard or been charged hard there will be hydrogen gas. Doing what he did will cause an explosion. The explosion could rupture the battery and douse you in acid. Had a friend lose an eyeball that way. Don't be dumb. Don't mess with batteries unless you actually know what you are doing. And never ever let tools touch like he did. There is a real chance of the tool exploding into red hot liquid metal and burning you.

@fractiousfauxpas1368

2 ай бұрын

Idk you mess with the HT cables for your spark plugs, they've been given a serious kick up, that'll hurt for sure 😂 10's of thousands of volts I believe

It took mankind a hundred years to work up the courage to test this theory!

@sixtysyxti3235

4 күн бұрын

lol I was thinking the same thing

For over 10 years I've been scared of touching car batteries, this video has ended that fear. Thanks

@GrugGaming

21 сағат бұрын

same lol

Bro just cured my fear of car batteries in 60s

@Ringo_ChanSan

2 ай бұрын

Next is your fear of pressurized gas tanks.

@szonator

2 ай бұрын

@@Ringo_ChanSan Nah I never feared them. Idk why but I guess I'm just scared of electricity. I even built a dyi nuclear reactor but electricity? Naaah

@Aubatron

2 ай бұрын

Don't worry I'll bring your fear back. If you short circuit it, there's always the chance that the battery case will crack and battery acid will shoot into your eyes, blinding you.

@sideeffex5800

2 ай бұрын

@@szonator just dont mess with hybrids or evs, they arent the same

@vizzo1138

2 ай бұрын

Wait till you learn about the car battery hydrogen gas and explosions.

I’ve been working on cars as a hobby for 25 years. I’ve been scared of batteries the whole time. Thank you handsome stranger!

@creativecraving

Ай бұрын

The biggest danger are the flammable fumes from inside the battery. He never mentioned that.

@creativecraving

Ай бұрын

That's why the recommended way to attach jumper cables works as hard as possible to avoid sparks.

@Ed-of1jo

Ай бұрын

Quick906, did u try it? 😂

@quick906

Ай бұрын

@@Ed-of1jo nope and still won’t lol

@LKSgm

Ай бұрын

Because the video is not about fumes ​@@creativecraving

It is the current (measured in Amps) that is the main factor in determining whether an electric shock will be fatal. Voltage can also play a role in how severely someone is shocked, but the current is what ultimately affects the body and can lead to death.

@justi341

3 күн бұрын

Yes, but without sufficient voltage you won't get the fatal current to pass through you. Car battery is a perfect example, it has hundreds of amps but it's not fatal to you because the voltage is not high enough to pass that current through your body. I think a good analogy would be to imagine voltage as a gun and current as a bullet. The bullet is the one that kills you but the gun fires it.

@drewpolt5716

2 күн бұрын

@@justi341 a battery does not have an amps. The amps are evaluated by Ohm law: the lower resistance, the higher amps proportionally. I = U / R.

As someone who's accidentally done this at my job, I now know why I'm not currently dead! Thank you!

@SickNaban

2 ай бұрын

CURRENTly 😉

@lv.99mastermind45

2 ай бұрын

You're fuckin lying dog i know you're really a ghost irl

@Crush3333

2 ай бұрын

@@SickNabanDamn it. Beat me

@TheAdderkop

2 ай бұрын

Still shouldn't do it, it still can electrocute you. It's just the distance when you put each of your hands on that is too far as volts is what decides how easily it runs through you. That said, if you were completely wet or drenched in sweat it might still shock you and if you touch both terminals with one hand/arm it will also go through you. Think of normal batteries, they are 9V but you know they can still shock you if you put them on your tongue etc.

@IamH3LLRA153R

2 ай бұрын

I knew someone else wouldn’t be able to resist making the same pun!

I'll no longer be afraid of car batteries, thank you for that.

@gtjack9

2 ай бұрын

You should be, the voltage is the least of your worries

@Realworlddummy

2 ай бұрын

@@gtjack9 tesla has entered the chat

@StampleD2147AI

2 ай бұрын

@@Realworlddummynormal cars > electric cars

@flaviolimaj

2 ай бұрын

​@gtjack9 why? You have a high resistance in your body which means you can't get current high current through it unless you also get a high enough voltage

@ege8240

2 ай бұрын

​@@StampleD2147AI normal cars of today you mean

This video has eased my life a bit more when I ever do jump start one of my cars. 👍

If you are sweaty and lean against a large area of bare metal on a vehicle body then hold with an equally sweaty grip onto a tool that accidentally touches 12volts, you will get a painful shock. If the resistance is low enough, dangerous currents can flow even at low voltages. There are cases where divers were killed by 6 volts that they encountered in seawater.

@All2Skitzd

5 күн бұрын

I had a GM side post digging into my arm in the rain and touched the ground, definitely won't do that again!

@All2Skitzd

5 күн бұрын

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@All2Skitzd

5 күн бұрын

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This is actually so good to know. Thank you for sharing. The last time I needed a jump, I was connecting to the battery like I was playing operation.

@name18745

2 ай бұрын

its still unsafe as shit and can break your car or the other car and burn you/ set off an electrical fire

@leto1596

2 ай бұрын

@@name18745 red to red and black to black, in that order

@geoffreyd3186

2 ай бұрын

Hot wire the positives first and you'll be fine even if you have parkinsons. In other words: you only really risk creating a short circuit when the negatives are linked.

@antoinefestuot4947

2 ай бұрын

Still do it like an operation. You can fry something pretty easily. Moog of Mighty Car Mods fried an ECU just by briefly touching the positive pôle of the battery by complete accident

@MCshadr217

2 ай бұрын

@@geoffreyd3186 No. Getting electrocuted via jump cables can still pass up your arm. I know from experience.

A video I never new I needed

@Sinsored

2 ай бұрын

A video you do need is some grammar videos

@joshtabb6826

2 ай бұрын

@@Sinsored 😂 if your in comments worried about grammar yu need a lyfe

@Sinsored

2 ай бұрын

@@joshtabb6826 just know the difference between new and knew champ it’s embarrassing

@joshtabb6826

2 ай бұрын

@@Sinsored Lol I know the difference I choose not put the "k" lmao... I'm so embarrassed...that k would have changed the meaning of what I said 🤣 GTFO

@P4rz1va1

2 ай бұрын

You don't need to know what can't kill you. It's far more important to know what can.

So this has been my concept that it is low voltage but still I never touched both terminals at once. Thank you for clearing the concept with a demo.😅

Good battery Choice! I used to work at Deka about 7 years ago. Industrial battery building. Its interesting to get hands on experience in the lead acid battery manufacturing process.

I've always been afraid of the battery because I don't know much about electrical. Thanks for the video showing I don't need to be as on edge as I always have been.

@ferrumignis

2 ай бұрын

There is zero danger of electrocution with 12v unless you do something extreme like plunge wires into your chest. However the real danger from car batteries is getting severe burns if you short them out. This is why you shouldn't work on a car with a metal band watch.

@TheNolimitcity

2 ай бұрын

@@ferrumignis And protect your eyes! Always wear safety glasses.

@user-ir9op1vj9m

2 ай бұрын

Still, electricity can be dangerous and you should always be careful no matter what.

@markkelly4077

2 ай бұрын

The real danger in anything to do with a battery is trying to jump it and accidentally touching the the metal tips together

@JimDean002

2 ай бұрын

One thing to be careful of is the fact that if you're jump starting or charging a battery, it's going to generate hydrogen gas. That can explode if there is a spark. That's why you always make your last connection on a jump start on a piece of grounded metal away from the battery. That way if there's a spark, it's not right next to the battery. So connect positive to both terminals negative to one terminal on one car and the final connection is a negative on the other car but don't go to the battery. Go to a grounded metal bolt of some sort.​@@ferrumignis

I'm a mechanic in the army. The amount of 13mm and 1/2 wrenches I've seen that have very obviously been arced is hilarious🤣

@wolfenwingsable

Ай бұрын

LOL I was a weapons loader on F16s, we would test the electricity to the release systems with screwdrivers when the testers were bad (regular occurance) Have seen this happe.

@bornofstardust5910

Ай бұрын

@@wolfenwingsable It was always a good laugh when some brand new non maintenance soldier would completely melt a wrench to a battery because they get scared and let go and the wrench welds itself to the terminals. Good times🤣

@wolfenwingsable

Ай бұрын

@@bornofstardust5910 EACTLY LMFAO

@jerryd8020

Ай бұрын

I would expect nothing less from the Army. That's the best shit I've read in days!

@bornofstardust5910

Ай бұрын

@@jerryd8020 It's not an army thing. It's a lack of experience thing. Most people never even mess with the batteries in their own cars, let alone a military vehicle with 4 of them.

Great short vid! Always wondered about this because my wrenches will spark but my hands never gave me an issue

There was a kid, I used to use household wiring and drop it across the terminals and it would just evaporate. Kind of a dangerous party trick haha

I knew a guy that decided to heat his garage using a truck battery and spanner. The garage got hot, but the battery got hotter and eventually it exploded, covering my mate in battery acid. Needless to say, it was a trip to the hospital. He's (relatively) ok now, but has scars from head to toe down one side of his body, lost sight in one eye, and has to shave his head because his hair won't grow properly. He's lucky to be alive and said it was the most pain he's ever experienced.

@BadmanPictures

2 ай бұрын

ain't no way my man blew up a batter rather than spend 20 bucks on a space heater

@deficator750

2 ай бұрын

i think theres a word for this it starts with S and its very comon

@gigavolt

2 ай бұрын

Yes it's a Story

@McShifty033

2 ай бұрын

@@gigavoltyou misspelled Stupid. Alternatively could just call it American.

@faroukabdelrahman3896

2 ай бұрын

@@McShifty033says the European… ironic…

Electrician here, less than 24 volts and your body's resistance will prevent a shock, not unless you have broken skin on both terminals. And even then, 12 volts wont be enought to do anything. Shorting a battery is incredibly dangerous though, especially lead acid ones. A battery can release all its stored power at once, which can mean fire or, in rare cases, kaboom. Lead acid batteries (the typical car battery) in particular can release hydrogen gas under load (thus the reason you need to top them up) and hydrogen gas is rather flammable / explosive. Its called a "dead short" for a reason. Careful with the wrenches near the battery.

@mennovanlavieren3885

2 ай бұрын

Underrated comment.

@bug5654

2 ай бұрын

But I just need to get this screw to loosen up a bit....

@larry77117

2 ай бұрын

see larry7717 to laugh. You're correct. jaja

@clintonkirker5154

2 ай бұрын

I was running cable to my 12 volt battery bank on a warm day last spring. I was sweating pretty good. I reached across the +&- terminals and my forearm got a minor stinging sensation. I did not have any open wounds prior to this happening, however I had a minor rash for a couple days where the terminals made contact. 4 Odyssey extreme ODX-AGM31 in parallel in case you want to experiment.

@MarkRaker

2 ай бұрын

I think you'll find that under 50 volts is considered generally safe, hence battery packs in off grid situations being limited to 48 volts, at least that's what I've read.

You are awesome teaching us this small thing about electricity 🙏

Very informative I always hate connecting and disconnecting jumpers but this made me feel better. Thanks

Should be noted that if you drive a hybrid or battery powered car, the battery/voltage that actually powers the drive train is super dangerous. The cables which carry those dangerous currents are usually marked in a special color, and there are tons of safety mechanisms.

@ecchicookie

Ай бұрын

High voltage cables are colored in BRIGHT ORANGE so if you see a wire thats bright orange in a hybrid, don't touch it 😁

@The-tg5zg

Ай бұрын

True but there’s a big difference between the 12v ancillary battery and the 350V drivetrain battery, in terms of size and location.

@TheWaggazMassacre

Ай бұрын

​@@The-tg5zgin a Prius c the 12v is legit right next to the hybrid battery both under the back seat bloody annoying to have to replace ngl

@kd9-3.77

Ай бұрын

Why? Thats completely unrelated to this video. Why should that be noted?

@girder123

Ай бұрын

@@kd9-3.77 it is, because some idiot will believe everything electrical in every car will be safe to touch

Dude i worked at autozone in highschool and have installed alot of batteries. This video should be shown to the young kids doing this stuff, it would make them feel alot more confident.

@gtjack9

2 ай бұрын

You should be scared of car batteries, they’re very dangerous, but not primarily due to electrocution risk.

@flaviolimaj

2 ай бұрын

​@@gtjack9I hate those half explanation comments 😒 If you say they are dangerous, why don't you say in which way instead of just "not that one"?

@gtjack9

2 ай бұрын

@@flaviolimaj I’ve commented elsewhere on this video and I can’t be bothered retyping it again

@Nhatanh0475

2 ай бұрын

If you don't even bother to explain, why commenting at all?@@gtjack9 Really dislike half baked comment try to act smart without the actual info.

@gtjack9

2 ай бұрын

@@Nhatanh0475 Here’s a copy paste, read away. You should really have explained how dangerous putting a spanner across a battery is. That spanner could very easily have welded itself across the terminals. At that point you have less than 10 seconds before the spanner goes white hot, the battery explodes, the hydrogen gas will ignite, burning you, high speed plastic shrapnel, then a spray of hot sulphuric acid all over you and everything around it. I’ve watched it happen, if there’s anything you should never play with or test yourself, let it be this.

Had dual point distributor teach me about science once. This was a lesson that I will never forget !

The battery is a prime example of how our feelings outweigh knowledge. I know I can touch that battery, and have explained so to many people, but I still get just a touch nervous dealing with it and have to overcome that.

If you are soaking wet with sweat and you lay your arm across it, you will get a tingle.

@user-fh1hk7kd4y

2 ай бұрын

@@16-BITFPV it doesn't feel like an AC shock. More of a sting. It doesn't have the pulsating feeling of an AC shock.

@devjlboy

2 ай бұрын

@@user-fh1hk7kd4yya feels like those joke shockers people had as kids. Doesn’t really hurt but it’s not pleasant.

@Big2na

2 ай бұрын

Can confirm

@fiercepierce9696

2 ай бұрын

Can confirm aswell

@zachwilder6706

2 ай бұрын

Can’t confirm

My mechanic friend did this same demonstration for me (minus the wrench part) after seeing how apprehensive i was in connecting and disconnecting my battery. Very good to know and made me more confident about battery maintenance.

@NxGhxst

2 ай бұрын

My dad did the same but with jumper cables and putting them to his nipples and being like “See won’t do shit” 😂😂😂

@WardragonLog101

2 ай бұрын

/////😊​@@NxGhxst

@FinnishCrystal

2 ай бұрын

YOUR DAD DID WHAT?? ​@@NxGhxst

@HoriaM29

2 ай бұрын

​@@NxGhxst Legend

@milescarter7803

2 ай бұрын

Follow the procedure. Use insulated tools (they sell wrenches specifically for battery maintenance). Take the negative lead off first (it is connected to every piece of the frame and chassis, this reduces chances for a short circuit from the positive to metal on the car). Then put the negative lead back on last, after the positive is tight. The only path for a short is the positive terminal. Be safe, don't be this guy.

I freaking love this guys videos. No one is doing these

Thank you for giving me confidence to put a wrench on my battery

Over 20 years ago I measured the distance between the terminals of a car battery, then measured the length of my Swiss Army Knife with the file open. I decided I could clean the negative terminal without fearing a short. Adding the width of my wedding ring completed the circuit. I can show you the scar. Don't wear jewelry of any kind while demonstrating this!

@Shivumgrover

Ай бұрын

😂 thanks for the story

@Stg4100

Ай бұрын

Nah you just screwed up. Haha

@CosmoSymphonic

Ай бұрын

Look up widows finger in electrical accidents

@tarekyared4404

Ай бұрын

Also don't put 9 volt batteries in your pocket. Especially the pocket where you put your keys.

@jeffraby469

Ай бұрын

He's wearing a ring...

You just saved my life. My biggest fear when looking under the hood is that I’ll touch the battery and get electrocuted. Thank you for the confidence boost

@anthonyjaccard3694

2 ай бұрын

Hope you have an ICE car because the terminals in an EV's battery definitely are high voltage enough to kill you

@rk4921

2 ай бұрын

​@anthonyjaccard3694 don't fear monger. There's practically no reason to perform maintenance on the traction battery of an EV. Most reasonable people perform user maintenance on the 12V battery -- not the traction battery.

@davidlabossiere1140

2 ай бұрын

​@@rk4921ignoring the voltage at and in the charge plug handle and charge , can very much also render you finding it difficult to continue standing among other things

@yuzuruotonashi659

2 ай бұрын

You never learned much in school if you were scared of a big 12 volt battery 😂😂😂😅😅😅

@rusty7699

2 ай бұрын

Look.. it's not gonna jump up and bite you. HOWEVER.... batteries are known electrician killers because there is no OFF switch. And let's say something like a wrench gets STUCK between those terminals. And your hand is on that wrench. It can and will hurt you. You need like 6 milliamps across your heart to kill you.... Think about that

Now wet your forearms and press the meaty part straight into the terminals and hold for a few seconds and then tell me it didnt electrocute you. Electricity WILL flow through your body when you touch it even like you did in this video. It’s just such a small amount of current that you dont really notice it. However, the majority of the resistance is between your skin and the terminal. Inside your body has a much lower resistance. So if you increase the surface area contacting the terminals, you lower the resistance through your body. Wetting the area will also help conduct electricity and lower the resistance. It just creates a weird burning tingly sensation at the point of contact. Simply due to the fact that electrical resistance generates heat. Since the point of contact is the point of highest resistance, it generates the most heat. Try it. You’ll feel it, but you’ll be fine.

I'm still going to go ahead and avoid touching the posts as much as possible... but it's nice to know that if I do accidentally touch them, I won't be zapped into the afterlife! Thanks for the video!!

@netaverse7694

13 күн бұрын

What a …

Even though I work with batteries all the time, and even with car batteries, I used to be nervous anytime I would change them. This video is extremely helpful to assuage those concerns.

@willybman3723

Ай бұрын

Assuage is such a good word bro. Well done

@JetSkiSuper7

Ай бұрын

@@willybman3723 dude, he misspelled sausage, assuage ain’t even a word.

@calvinhenderson6280

Ай бұрын

There can be of-gasses associated with battery charging that any small spark will cause an explosion. You’re right, voltage isn’t a concern, but still dangers exist when charging these batteries

@cliptomaniac2562

Ай бұрын

@@JetSkiSuper7 “This video is extremely helpful to sausage those concerns.” Yep! Sounds right to me

@cmc02888

Ай бұрын

​@@willybman3723 is it pronounced ass sewage?

My dad showed me by example how harmless it is. Very much the same way you did with your hand. Ever since I've had a few friends that were scared of it and I did the same. Glad to see this video.

@Midaspl

2 ай бұрын

It's not harmless, especially if you wear wedding ring like this guy. It's just not the type of danger you would assume. Always remove any metal parts on your body when working with the car's electrical system (bracelets, rings, chains).

and to add to this, yes sometimes it says 100A 12V battery, but a human has an average of 100k-120k ohms of resistance (assuming youre dry). touching it means you only have about 120 micro amps going to you.

A few saftey notes. If you see a big orange cable, dont touch it as its likely a high voltage line for a hybrid/electric system which are not running off of a traditional battery. I dont work on these so my knowledge is limited but the rule of thumb is dont poke them unless you know what you are doing. Just because the battery is 12v doesnt mean everything in the car is running at 12v. High Intensity Discharge bulbs have starting voltages of up to 30000v if memory serves correctly... If you see a big yellow triangle with a lightning bolt in it, assume you shouldn't touch it without knowing what you are doing. Also, dont trust the light being off to the thing being discharged. Disconnect the battery or the light from the car before poking things. Do not trust car manufacturers. If there is a way to make somthing more difficult/dangerous they will find a bloody way...

@cskvoids

Ай бұрын

this is a very rare useful comment on youtube. thank you.

@user-uk4rb7dp8u

Ай бұрын

​@@cskvoids👏👏 yes, bro was very informative

@raygoss4371

Ай бұрын

I am a mechanic, and id just like to confirm, if you touch big orange high voltage wiring harnesses or wires themselves, you can die from the power of it

@bradroberts6447

Ай бұрын

While I was at a manufacturer, we had an all team meeting on the Orange wire. The Orange wire will kill you.

@DrJoonPark

Ай бұрын

Just stop.

A good friend has a wrench slip. It ended up jammed between the engine and the battery. The only thing between the positive battery terminal was has left hand. On the hand was a plain, gold wedding ring. That ring instantly got hot. Very, very hot. In less than 2 seconds it literally burned one side if his finger down to the bone. They managed to save his finger but it never worked right again.

@sergiocastro5304

Ай бұрын

So that's why you remove your rings before working in a car. Now i know

@nxxynx5039

Ай бұрын

​@@sergiocastro5304rings are a major hazard in any sort of shop work. Always take them off along with metal watches and necklaces. Metal can react with chemicals the would otherwise be harmless on skin, causing chemical burns, poisoning or even just ruining the metal itself irreparably. Many shops use tools and machines that rotate and reciprocate at high speeds and torque. A ring, necklace or watch can get caught and rip a digit or limb clean off or perhaps more horrifying "deglove" a finger or hang which is when the skin is ripped clean from the flesh or bones

@DiggetyDank

Ай бұрын

my auto-tech teacher in HS said something similar happened to his buddy and he lost his finger. Thank god for those silicon wedding rings!

@kinderutz

Ай бұрын

Hoodie strings are dangerous too....get one caught in the serpentine belt and it'll pull your head right in.

They always say "the amps are what kill." Yeah, but the voltage is what gets it to your heart

My worst “incident” was when removing an engine speed sensor from a bus, rear engine,24v. He sensor nut required my 1 1-16” spanner, which was the exact length from the sensor to the B+ post of the starter. Big sparks, spanner tried to weld itself to the starter. Began to glow, had to kick the spanner off. Scary, but no major damage done. Was able to refit the new sensor with a shifting spanner.

My dad got his wedding ring shocked off his finger when the wrench hit both terminals and the ring was touching the wrench. It’s been 10 years and he still has a pretty nasty scar.

@cjames9320

2 ай бұрын

Hey same here lol

@Standonbidnessrooster

2 ай бұрын

Was in a friend’s car once that needed a jump. Only tool around was a cheapo gerber dime multi tool that I used to keep. Used it to loosen the terminals and ended up arcing the little keyring on the multi tool. Nasty burn to the finger.

@dogwalker666

2 ай бұрын

No shock but burned.

@josh2711

2 ай бұрын

Metal rings only come with bad stories, I’ll keep wearing rubber ones.

@mcfish689

2 ай бұрын

I was on a 688 class submarine. Electricians were doing battery maintenance. All tools must be taped but one wrench was not taped well enough(I assume, as stated I’m not an electrician). Wrench got dropped and fell across terminals. Wrench disappeared instantly. You could taste metal(like you put a quarter in your mouth) anywhere you went on the boat. Kinda cool. Also made me glad I was a mechanic.

I'm very glad that someone shows it in a video that you can't get electrocuted from a car battery. A common script in movies, and people still believe it

@natmarelnam4871

Ай бұрын

people weaponize car batteries in movies WITHOUT voltage steppers? There's plenty of power in a car battery and its very easy to make it dangerous.

@bern9642

Ай бұрын

​@@natmarelnam4871except in most movies that's not what happens. It's usually comedy movies where characters try to jump start another car

@cordewilkes1638

Ай бұрын

And don't forget the near-nuclear detonations when the car gets bumped & the fuel tank blows

@BigBoii1369

Ай бұрын

Yep! The other one that dives me INSANE is when they hit someone with a stun gun/ taser for 0-3 seconds and the person passes out…. That’s NOT HOW IT WORKS! 😂🤣

@sergioavegazavala5116

Ай бұрын

Or when they put a lighter on a single fire sprinkler and the whole sprinkler system starts working@@BigBoii1369

Four wired in series is a different story. Learned that from a floor washing machine I was fixing in high school 😂

I did this with a wrench once at work. I was left with a pretty cool souvenir and and a paperweight

This is a pretty good demonstration of the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance

If you want to know what it takes to actually feel electric current passing through your body from a normal car battery, it's a lot. I used to be an auto mechanic for years, can't even guess how many times I interacted with batteries. I can only remember one time where I actually got shocked from the 12V battery. I was hot, sweaty, I wore gloves to keep my hands clean for customers interiors, so my hands were ultra moist with sweat most of the time, and this was a fresh brand new battery. My gloves ripped and I hadn't gotten a new pair yet. Leaned into the engine bay to grab some of my tools, didn't think and leaned my palm onto the positive battery terminal, and the arm was pressed into the metal framework. I felt a tiny pinch in my palm and thought I got a sliver. Nope, I could reproduce the feeling only by pressing with some 40lbs of weight into the positive terminal with a wet, sweaty, salty hand, and having my other hand or arm in full contact with a grounded metal item. It was barely perceptible at 12V with everything being the perfect setup for being shocked. 24V systems felt a bit more like pinching yourself. 48V battery systems in some equipment felt like getting stung by a bee.

@benseddon9677

Ай бұрын

I work on 24v systems and if I've got a tiny steel splinter in my finger I seem to feel a tingle when disconnecting a lead like current is flowing

@Raevolpe

Ай бұрын

So freaking long just for "I felt a tiny pinch in my palm"...

@2009dudeman

Ай бұрын

@@Raevolpe it's sad that the average attention Span has reduced that half a dozen sentences is considered long. Hopefully you can get through this book of a response... Sorry for the hobbit series length.

@Raevolpe

Ай бұрын

@@2009dudeman xDDD trying to bash on attention span and being haughty, it has nothing to do with attention span, you just wasted so much time, yours and others by literally giving information no one cares about, when you could have said "I felt a pinch" instead of putting a whole paragraph for no goddamn reason because it adds nothing relevant or important It's even more sad to see that people nowadays can't even take a comment like an adult and instantly respond by being haughty or trying to belittle by some way

@2009dudeman

Ай бұрын

@@Raevolpe dude, your literally having a tantrum over 9 sentences, most of them short. Then to my snippy sarcastic response to you feeling so important you couldn't just move on like everyone else. Sorry not everyone wants to communicate in a tweet or less...

It’s the amps that kill as that is the amount of current going through the load. Voltage is merely the quantification of the reservoir while amps is the flow that kills you.

Styropyro has a good vid on this topic. Always a great practice of "you don't know it, don't touch" but yeah car battery won't electrocute you because the resistance of our skin. But if you have a cut, a scab, or some minor injury like that, that goes past your skin, you can now pass that current. But the real danger is heat coming off of a short circuit as this gentleman showed with a wrench.

One of the first useful shorts I’ve watched after many nights of doomscrolling

@inedibledorito

2 ай бұрын

Finally we got one small nibble of gold

@koaglide

2 ай бұрын

the only one out 10000 man

When I was in high school in the early 80s I was working on my car and absent-mindedly laid down a wrench perfectly on both terminals of the battery. Within seconds it was glowing red then it melted in half with me desperately trying to knock it away. I'll never forget that!

@toportime

Ай бұрын

I guess that was a good thing that was a horrible tool. Probably made in china.

just make sure if u have a ring on, don’t let that ring come in contact if the battery connected to something else metallic, the electricity will kill ur finger almost instantly. had a family member who was a mechanic do that by accident, he doesn’t have a ring finger on his left hand anymore cause of his wedding band being on while he was working

“even if you lick your thumbs”. Dude touched his lips

This eases my mind as I hate working on cars for the electric side of it

@echoarts3366

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I was dumbass as a kid with electricity and it always stuck with me now too so this really does help lol

@PaulRudd1941

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, Im an hvac tech and most of the circuits I work on are 12 and 24 volts. 120v and 240v are dangerous. Also, some 60k and 80k volt transformers give enough voltage to use the air as a medium.

@user-it4nu7im1v

2 ай бұрын

This is just the battery, if you muck around with say the alternators charging cables you can shock yourself near fatal depending on the size of alternator/engine. Be safe when you do repairs and don't do anything you don't feel like you fully understand. Big mistakes can come from as simple as forgetting a insulating rubber washer

@briancavanaugh9470

2 ай бұрын

Yikes - this is the comment I was afraid of seeing. Electrical systems are mysterious and dangerous to the laymen - which is why Electrician and Magician have similar origins haha Be careful and do your research. Also, buy a meter before you go down this route

@Jmoneysmoothboy

2 ай бұрын

@@user-it4nu7im1v That is completely wrong. The alternator only produces about 15 volts regardless of the size of engine. In small automotive engines the alternators only produce like 50 amps and in big engines they produce like 300 amps but they all run the exact same voltage. The ignition coils are the only high voltage source in a car but they are thousands of volts and can kill you right quick in a hurry. Never take your spark plug wires off with the battery still wired.

In the Army we were building a rig to test semi trailer lights. This way we do not need to bring a truck and driver to connect to each trailer. That thing had two semi truck batteries connected in serial. Our Chief was showing us a safety demo and the connector fell and finished the circuit. Lasted maybe a second and cut one of the connectors in half.

@99EKjohn

2 ай бұрын

They make machines for that, why were you trying to build one?

@fubar5884

2 ай бұрын

Third word in his first sentence: "In the *Army*." It might of just been because some butter bar LT who told them to do it thinking he just solved some nonexistant logistical issue problem for good hoping he'll get a pat on the shoulder and told he's a good boy from the CO. I mean, you'll pick up rocks from a rock pile just to move them to a different rock pile, or do the same filling sandbags. They say it's to get you to not question orders, so when you're told to take point on assaulting that MG nest you won't question it, but honestly sometimes I think it's just because you always had to be doing something, even if you're actually doing jack it'll *appear* like your doing something for the higher ups.

going to an open area to leave a wrench on a car battery is now on my bucket list

Working in a F250 with battery’s on both sides you tend to lean on them when working under the hood, on a hot summer day here in AZ my sweaty arm leaning in it I for sure felt something 😂

Now go ahead and touch an ignition coil while its running. You'll get quite a jolt haha

@randomdudeontheinternet9926

2 ай бұрын

That's not 12V. The voltage gets boosted to ensure a proper spark gets made

@Ben-nf7it

2 ай бұрын

How else am I supposed to find the misfire? I can't see that tiny arc, gotta touch it

@westleyworley1731

2 ай бұрын

​@@randomdudeontheinternet9926Yes, but very low amperage! Very much like a taser!

@AnAZPatriot

2 ай бұрын

Yep, found damaged spark plug wires, and damaged coils that way. Definitely let's you know youre alive.

@jayflow7949

2 ай бұрын

That’s Because it Has A Coil Pack or “Capacitor” That Stores Then Releases A Boosted High Voltage Current…

Can’t electrocute myself… challenge accepted

@Bubaq666

Ай бұрын

with that low voltage DC you will just break down your red blood cells ig

Also, a shorted lead acid battery can cause the sulfuric acid to boil leading to an explosion if the battery isnt well vented. An explosion of hot acid nonetheless. If the battery is vented, you would still get acid fumes and possibly some spray through the vent.

After 20 years of being scared, now I can sleep well😅 thank you for that

A little note that some are already aware of. It is your skin that is HIGHLY resistive. So a lot of electrical elements won't cause a problem if you create a path by touching them. However, your internals (read blood) are HIGHLY conductive. So if you ran this same test with a cut on your finger it will turn out exactly as bad as you fear. TLDR: Treat circuits with care kids unless you know wtf you are doing.

@josephcoon5809

Ай бұрын

Sweat is also highly conductive.

@chopincj7530

Ай бұрын

12V isn't enough even if you penetrate the skin lmao

@Bubaq666

Ай бұрын

12v dont even hurt that bad on tongue lmao

@EdgeofEarthParamotor

Ай бұрын

Worst shock of my career as an electrician was from 24v dump truck batteries. Middle of summer sweating hard. Threw me back and should’ve gone to hospital, I fealt off for hours. I was only in my twenties and only my second job

Good explanation, but I would rephrase it to say low internal resistance. We can generally control resistance and voltage, but current is dependent on these two values.

@dancook7216

2 ай бұрын

Probably also worth mentioning that when you touch a battery with both hands current is still flowing through you, just so little due to the resistance of your skin and the low potential between the battery terminals. You will feel it if your hands are soaking wet, but it’t not a dangerous amount of current. These batteries are still pretty dangerous. It’s easy to start a fire or create shorts that heat the battery up to the point of explosion.

that ignition coil tho… it converts all that whatever into spicy magic that hurts. i don’t know how to articulate it but by god i know it does it.

Wrap a solid #12 copper wire around your wrench and touch one end of the copper wire to the positive the other end to the negative terminals equals a magnetized wrench!

Flashbacks to when a battery exploded next to me when I was like 10.

@danielkumar195

2 ай бұрын

Yeah if the battery is letting off gases and you ignite those gases with those sparks them boom

@thaguy69

2 ай бұрын

@danielkumar195 it was charging in my grandpa's garage and one of the clamps wasn't on there right, and when I walked past i bumped the cable and the clamp touched the other one, and *boom*.

@josephharms8342

2 ай бұрын

​@@thaguy69still probably due to gases like he said if it's a flooded battery they can let off vapor when charging and you gave it a spark that's all it needed very scary lucky to have your hearing still

@robertcurtis3807

2 ай бұрын

😢

@finalfanvii6822

2 ай бұрын

Bro.

This is one of the best illustrations of volts vs amps I've ever seen

@tjziegler8823

29 күн бұрын

It’s really not though. There is no “volts vs amps”. You’re missing the 3rd key element: resistance. (Measured in Ohms) All three are mathematically related, and simply saying amps are more dangerous than volts, isnt really telling the whole story. Watts are what’ll get ya. VxA=W V=AxO So without voltage, you cannot have any amps. With a consistent load (resistance) an increase in voltage directly and proportionally increases amps. A 12V battery capable of 1 million amps is only ever gonna push 2 amps through a 6 ohm load. And our bodies have much more than 6 ohms. However, if you have a very low resistance, you can demand more amps than the power source is capable of, and there will be a substantial voltage drop. Static shocks are simply when you have two objects with very different levels of electrical charge, often thousands of volts, called static because it is not moving. When they contact, they equalize, and essentially voltage drop to zero. Which gets into capacitance which I wont get into. Point is, you really cant compare voltage and amperage without considering resistance

@DHGxMcFlurry

23 күн бұрын

@@tjziegler8823 Dude really wrote whole paragraphs of basic knowledge to show how big and smart he is lol

@tjziegler8823

23 күн бұрын

@@DHGxMcFlurry it’s really not basic knowledge. Maybe basic to people who already understand how electricity works… but most people have no clue. I wrote it out for people who dont know, so they can learn. Not sure what’s so wrong with that, you’re the one acting all “big and smart” here, with nothing actually worth saying

Had the positive cable rub through and short to the core support while driving my 68 Firebird. Sounded like I blew a tire but car drove fine. Didn't realize until I arived home what had occurred. Explosion coated the entire engine bay in acid and literally left no trace of the battery beyond the posts in the cables.

In a neat opposite of this static electricity has MASSIVE voltage (around 50 times your wall outlet on average) but no capacity for amperage. So pretty much the exact opposite thing keeping you safe.

@Papinak2

26 күн бұрын

Same with electric fence. It has high voltage, but also high output resistance, that keeps the current at safe levels.

Not gonna lie, I was very scared to be even close to the batteries cables when opening the hood, this was very informative and helpful.

@TheClosedBoxTTV

8 күн бұрын

Same, still am but at least now. I know i won't die instantly

@Summergch

2 күн бұрын

Same. I logically knew from looking at the front that it was just 12V, but big size made brain go "No, stay away". Watching him touch it, and the mechanic's comment above about how chill he feels working on electrical systems alleviated my fear of them a lot. Still not gonna mess with it, but now I feel safer to touch one as long as i'm not risking both terminals to find each other through metal

We typically say that in the worst case scenario, your skin has 1000 ohms. Ohms Law then tells you that I = U / R, so current = 12 / 1000 = 12mA. 10mA is actually the treshold where it might get dangerous, so don't soak your hand in brine before doing this. But yes, you should be pretty unlucky to have a serious accident with 12V. But 12V shorts can be very dangerous. Easy to set fires that way. If the resistance in the wire is 0.1 ohms, then current = 12 / 0.1 = 120A, hence the sparks.

@4rog_girl214

2 ай бұрын

not me having to jump start my car after the shift at the pickle factory

@GregoryShtevensh

2 ай бұрын

So what about a much thicker wire between them? Assuming a thin one would become an element, and a thick one would just create a circuit but not get hot enough to weld? Yes or no?

@lethalbroccoli01

2 ай бұрын

​@@4rog_girl214Real shit

@ccarpenter39

2 ай бұрын

I was gonna say, I was working in the hot Texas summer and covered in sweat once, and leaned across the battery with my forearm and felt a discomfort enough to immediately move my arm.

@jeschinstad

2 ай бұрын

@@GregoryShtevensh: Well, a thicker wire would have less resistance, so you would get more current and thus more heat, provided you have enough energy in the source. But since it's thicker, it wouldn't melt through as quickly. But it would get red hot. That's how fuses work; they're the thinnest part of the wire, so they melt at a predictable place before the wire melts in the wall and causes fire. Which is also why you should never ever use a stronger fuse than you're supposed to. I don't know much about welding, but they rely on arcs forming. That's when the voltage is high enough to overcome the electrical resistance in air, turning it into plasma which has "zero" electrical resistance and you get enormously high temperatures. So you need very high voltage for that, but the current is less interesting. But to humans, current is the danger and voltage is not in and of itself dangerous at all. For instance, if you've ever touched someone and got shocked, that's typically 30-40,000 volts, but there's no current so it's not dangerous at all. Current on the other hand, is lethal at very low levels. So the reason why low voltage is considered safe, is the resistance in your skin. If you inserted a needle in each thumb, I would not connect 12v to it, because your blood has good electrical conductivity. But if you did hold on to 12v poles in each hand, then I would expect you to eventually get a fever, because it should heat your blood over time.

I turned my palm into bacon from dropping my keys on a car battery, they're still dangerous.

Finally after 31 years I underatand... thanks

So always throw your batteries in the ocean, it helps recharge the electric eels while giving a structure for coral to grow on

@nolandmotes8046

26 күн бұрын

I hear its safe and legal

@apprenticeofeverything

21 күн бұрын

This one had my laughing uncontrollably

It's worth mentioning that the low voltage charge of the battery *does* pass through you if you connect yourself to it - it just cannot harm you because the body has high resistance at low voltage and so miniscule current flows. A crucial part of explaining how dangerously high low voltage current can flow is to explain the relation between all of voltage, resistance and current - that is, Ohms Law.

@moses5118

Ай бұрын

Thank you I was looking for this

@K-Locke

Ай бұрын

Might as well give the equation: Voltage/ current x resistance

@moses5118

Ай бұрын

@@K-Locke niceee

@moses5118

Ай бұрын

@@K-Locke can’t any voltage kill u?

@K-Locke

Ай бұрын

@@moses5118 No, the voltage doesn't hurt you, it's the current, and above 11milliamps is required for a risk of electrocution. Your bodily resistance is high enough that it will take many times more than 12v to even feel a shock. Play with the formula by putting in different values. To be clear, V ÷ R = C, V ÷ C = R, etc.

Its the spark for unsuspecting people that scares and makes them jump back or away quick without thinking. The jumping away is what hurts and injures people, hitting your head on a pointed part of the hood, falling off something you are standing on, or dropping a tool on something that can cause a shock. Still be careful

I'm still gonna jump every time I put my ceramic fuses in the holders 🤣🤣🤣

My dad taught me how to use five car batteries, a metallic folding chair and Jumper cables to extract information feom people... Not what i had in mind when i asked him to teach me mechanic maintenance.

@ntal5859

2 ай бұрын

I assume your Daddy was Charles Bronson the Mechanic.

@cvdirecto5008

2 ай бұрын

@@ntal5859 no, just a criminal idiot.

@borntodoit8744

2 ай бұрын

Your dad IS Tony Soprano? ...never be late paying or else !

I’ve lived 34 years and never knew this information. I thought if I touched both terminals, I’d be toast.

When he licked his thumbs and touched it I thought he was about to look like the home alone robber 💀

This taught me more than the entirety of the American school system did about a 12v battery.

@sorenludwig3978

2 ай бұрын

Everything lower than 50v should be safe.

@itsmrhunter

2 ай бұрын

It's your fault for not taking battery 101

@ElectricalCurrent-bz7ou

Ай бұрын

America has trade schools all over you have to be the one to take the initiative to learn

Use caution around the positive terminal. If you jump the positive terminal between something else conducive that is grounded (I.e. a wrench touching the car body or a bracket and the positive terminal) you can still complete the circuit.

@MrChoklad

2 ай бұрын

Still 12volts, the only real problem would be the heat generated by a wire you're holding while closing the circuit by mistake

@Tinfoil_Hardhat

2 ай бұрын

It's still 12 volts. Even if you are shocked you ought to be completely fine. It's the combination of high voltage and amperage that will electrocute you. The voltage has to be enough to overcome your skin's natural resistance. 12 volts from a battery simply isn't enough to do that.

@justinc2633

2 ай бұрын

thats not true lol, the car battery is completely isolated from earth potential, so there is no voltage difference, and therefore no short, thats the same reason you cant touch the + of one AA and the - of another and create a short

@Texan_BoyKisser

2 ай бұрын

@@justinc2633Grounded in cars means it's connected back to the negative terminal. And it is. The chassis is grounded.

@xsbiggy6349

2 ай бұрын

@@justinc2633 time to remove that blatantly stupid comment before you get the dog shit roasted out of you

People are usually shocked when they learn I'm not a licensed electrician

Instructions unclear and now I'm fighting spiderman in times square

The ol 19 mm battery tester is where it’s at 👌 minty

instructions unclear, I have become magneto

IDK what to tell you, man. I got a shock the other day jumping my wife's car, and it definitely hurt. Not arguing with your science, but my hand sure felt it.

Well honestly now I’ll never be afraid when hooking the wires up again lmao

I’m really glad you made this video because I have always wondered what would happen if you licked your fingers and with the same hand touched each side

@nanielwolf5768

2 ай бұрын

Its kinda like asking a guy named Volt jump skyscraper height, then lowering the request to jump 20 floor apartment, still not gonna happen

@scottconner6448

2 ай бұрын

If you touch both sides of a 24v system used in big rigs they will burn the shit out of you

@nanielwolf5768

2 ай бұрын

@@scottconner6448lets see: 24v/1000r= 0.024a, 0.024a*24v=0.576w. so half a watt will burn you? sucks to be so sensitive...

Hello 👋 oilfield lineman here. You are right in saying that you can’t electrocute yourself with a car battery, however your reasoning is incorrect. Voltage can’t kill you, amperage can. P.S. the term “electrocute” equals death; electrocute vs shock are two different things.

@filedk

Ай бұрын

Yes, otherwise it is just a shock. Amperage? The current, expressed in Amperes, can kill you. Imagine if someone was asking about the resistance on a component, "what's the Ohmage on that?" Technically wattage and a few others fall into the same category. They have been used so widely no one seems to care. It's probably the same reason people use electrocute rather than shock.

@sebibence02

20 күн бұрын

​​@@filedk I think it's more important that his reasoning is incorrect. This whole saying "it's the volt/ampere that kills" is nonsense. You can realize this by looking at the equation. There is a relationship between voltage, current and resistance. I=V/R. Current linearly depends on the voltage and inversely on the resistance, which means I, V, R together determine the total energy transfer, none of them are responsible independently. There is also a factor of the maximum power output of the source, which limits the maximum energy it can discharge, described by the equation: P=V*I=I²/R. The third factor is the frequency (AC source) which also determines whether the energy will go through the body. E.g. high frequency won't enter the body due to the skin effect (at high frequencies the electrical current trend to flow towards the surface of the conductor.)

@Ling__Ling__

12 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@sebibence02I don’t think it’s always nonsense. Tesla famously ran a shit load of volts through his body as a public demonstration but the reason he didn’t die was because of the low current. This is because of transformers where the ratio of the voltage in the primary to secondary coil is equal to ratio of current in the secondary to primary coil. This allows for people to manipulate whether the secondary coil has high voltage and low current or vice Versa. High voltage and low amperage leads to less power dissipated(not energy, power is the rate at which energy dissipates or dE/dt. Energy dissipated is the integral of (Power) with respect to time or Power*(delta t) if power is constant) as power increases quadratically with respect to current. This is the primary reason why power lines have high voltage and low current as less power is lost over long distances. So technically I isn’t always linearly dependent on voltage, but it is for a DC circuit.

@BadThrusher

11 күн бұрын

Since you mentioned your oil fieldman-ness, how do we apply it here?

I have been shocked before. I was working inside a boat. It was a super hot day, I was sweating. As I was working on the electrical system, I made contact with the positive post while my forehead was against the aluminum hull. I got shocked a little bit. Could taste pennies after😂😂