Hi,This link is to how voltage and stuff works.It mentions batteries etc...It also mentions if a thick wire was connected with both ends of the batterya high/strong current would happen.I once heard or read that per year 15 people die because they stick theirtong to a battery.Is this possible ? Is it possible to die from a battery like this ?Bye, Skybuck.

Skybuckaroo, I like weird questions like this. I think a battery would have to be of several thousand volts acrossthe typical 9-volt style terminals to have any chance of killingsomeone. I suspect there is about a 4 to 5 kV maximum before arcingoccurs and so the battery would be 'impossible' to make. It does sound reasonable to me though, 15 people per year. Whatthat number probably reflects is people who had prior medicalconditions.. heart attacks in response to tongue zapping (I gave thisup long ago;) and so forth. Popping ballons in grandpas ear probably does in more than that, forexample. However, to answer your question, I am convinced there is zero chanceof dying from a 9 volt zap to the tongue. Current has to flow throughthe heart or the brain... ahh, and if the case is attached to thenegative terminal, as it sometimes is, and the case is held in a wethand, .. I see,the current flows through the arm via arteries pasing through the hearton the way to the tongue,...

Ohhhh275 mA50 mA20 mASeems to be enough ?Ohms ? resistance of body ? hmm

Is it possible to die from a battery ?

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Robert Baer 20 years ago

Yes and no. If one had very low skin resistance, and put one hand on the negative terminal and the other on the positive terminal, the DC *current* thru the heart could be high enough to cause death. There was one case of this happening about 45 ears ago when such a person got across a 6V car battery. Using the tongue, there is very low resistance, and one could burn it and cause bleeding; it is possible that trauma could do the rest.

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Skybuck Flying 20 years ago

Ok,

I looked at a battery in my remote control for the television.

It's only a small one. 1.5 volts (duracell)

Would this battery be enough to kill ?

For example could I hurt myself by making my fingers wet and touching both ends ? ;) :)

Bye, Skybuck.

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Skybuck Flying 20 years ago

Ohhhh

275 mA 50 mA 20 mA

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Seems to be enough ?

Ohms ? resistance of body ? hmm

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Dirk Bruere at Neopax 20 years ago

Well, 200mV across saline electrodes on the head can do all kinds of bizarre things depending on modulation.

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