Can a shock from an electric eel burn?

I don't think so. it takes a much higher current than the eel produces. and it'd burn the eel too...

Bye. Jasen

So, tell us just how much current they produce.

Up to one amp is stated. That'll hurt - or kill you if you're Australian.

A one amp flow at hundreds of volts would cause a lot of heating, wouldn't it?

Well, in sources outside of water, 650 volts would burn the flesh. I guess the excellent conductivity of the salt water in the sea decreases the amount of ohm heating that occurs. But, as usual, I could be wrong.

Hmm, I seem to recall that electric eels are freshwater creatures that live in muddy rivers in South America. I'm no expert, but I'd say the eel doesn't get burned because its total output is spread over a large surface area. Of course, the victim is not burned either, just stunned and/or disoriented long enough for the eel to make its moves.

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Depends on how many amps they had for breakfast.

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net:

As a basis for comparison my soldering iron uses just .24 A at 125V to get 30W...

Puckdropper

So, howcome nobody's started eel farms to generate electricity with?

Thanks, Rich

It's hard to hook them up to the microwave.