Nothing half wakes you up than a 12v shock of a terminal in the car

Was stripping out wireing for a new light switch controller and well a screwdriver got caught up with my fingers and some wires and Zappp!

Saying I didnt get any sleep at all last night and im running on semi-caffine ermm it woke me up rather nicely

Quote from: Poison_UKNothing half wakes you up than a 12v shock of a terminal in the car

Was stripping out wireing for a new light switch controller and well a screwdriver got caught up with my fingers and some wires and Zappp!

Saying I didnt get any sleep at all last night and im running on semi-caffine ermm it woke me up rather nicely

volts cant harm  

Its the amps that kill.

<<< has had 11kV through him.

Oh and there is enough ampage in that battery to kill you so BE CAREFUL!!!

300Amps on start is the norm. IIRC.

yeah car batterys are shocking

450amps cold crank power!!!!

i have bridged the pins on a alternator when taking off an oil filter before that wasnt fun, and i have had afew 240v mains belts before, wakes you up to say the least.

so much so you had to tell us twice  

lol how did that happen!? my internet has been being gay all weekend.

tbh Ive only ever had a shock from a ciggaret lighter in a car.... and I do everything but stick the cables in my mouth

oftern wondered why sometimes it shocks, and others not

I guessed it could be something to do with the distance between the 2 points of contact on your skin for the +ve and -ve, but then theres plenty of times ive had big hefty cables in the same hand.

anyone know ?

the resistance is really high on your body.. just dont sweat cos that reduces it massivly and will allow you to be shocked easily

Just disconnect the +ve terminal before you do any work!! Just remember your stereo codes!!

the resistance of your body is usually pretty high, as a rule of thumb 12v wont usually shock you...

u *usually* need 28v + to get a shock, but having wet hands or something will reduce the resistance of your body a lot.

Quote from: Christopher MonkeyJust disconnect the +ve terminal before you do any work!! Just remember your stereo codes!!

GIRL ! (and thats putting it politly )

start working with a nice few 3 phase cabl;es as thick as your arm at 415v live and you soon get the hang of it

Quote from: Binary Shadowyeah car batterys are shocking

450amps cold crank power!!!!

thats one big battery.

the biggest one I have is 120amp hour.

Quote from: Madrocker

Quote from: Binary Shadowyeah car batterys are shocking

450amps cold crank power!!!!

thats one big battery.

the biggest one I have is 120amp hour.

That is what you can get for a whole hour, u could get 480 amp for 15 minitues from that battery

aha.

I have never been belted by a battery befor.
Even licking your fingers and touching both terminals dont do anythin.

I always get shocked by the ht leads though, and the rev counter feed.