• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Is it really 600 amps? That seems rather high. I do know that the one time I shocked myself on a car battery, it rocked my world much more than getting shocked by a 110v outlet.

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      9 months ago

      V = IR Assuming 12.6V 12.6 = I* 0.02 I = 630

      So yeah, it could hit 600A, if only until it got hot enough to melt something or change the chemistry

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            9 months ago

            It has been 20+ years since it happened, but I’m pretty sure I was standing in a little puddle, or my hands were wet (can’t remember which), and my wrench just happened to bump the positive terminal and it was like “POW! Right in the brain!”. Thankfully I didn’t latch on or anything. It was instantaneous, and over in half a second, but it rocked my world for that half second or whatever it was.

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      9 months ago

      Wait you can get shocked on a car battery??? I thought 12V was too low for you to feel.