Saturday, February 20, 2010

Can I Get A Shock From A Battery Can You Be Electrocuted From Battery Operated Things?

Can you be electrocuted from battery operated things? - can i get a shock from a battery

Not sure if this is the best place for this question, and I am sure, that sounds like a stupid question. But if you run something close to the bad battery and falls, would be electrocuted? I am sure that you get a heck of a shock, but it might actually kill someone. Personally, I am nothing like that. But I know people who think because it directly into an electrical outlet that is securely connected. That does not sound like much to me. Am I wrong?

5 comments:

charcind... said...

The short answer is no.
They require 50 mA or more goes directly through the heart to stop. The voltage of a 9-volt battery is not enough trouble, that great stream through the intact skin, even if you touch the battery terminals directly with wet fingers.

brownian... said...

Most batteries have low voltage and the terminal has a low voltage DC between them.
A toy battery is inserted into the bathroom for sure: p
supplied against the current and voltage of the battery. If you have something in the bathroom that you are using a car battery, then you can get a good fear.

sketchyB said...

Battery-powered devices can be dangerous to look tazer example. You may be quite surprised by a battery, but (a standard battery of small device like a AA or D cells, etc.) is not particularly risky.

What is the most common people with power is the energy (which usually have to take the body as heat) when a circuit through the body. The body has a fixed amount of resistance to electricity, and the tension rises to transfer the amount of power and electricity through. The electric current signal can also affect body functions such as heartbeat, and chest, and current travel makes it even worse.

In essence, the chemical reaction in a small battery can provide power in such situations as dangerous, reaches a maximum at a certain energy level and not higher. Therefore, you can short-circuit a small battery to explode and not directly or immediately bring to melt the wire (enough time is given because of the heat accumulation fail to compare, but what seemsd happen if, for example, a short circuit) to an outlet.

Everything depends on the size, something like a car battery can produce power more clearly and more dangerous too. I worked before with large amounts of battery cells and can be very dangerous. We had 128 batt lithium-ion batteries (like a cell phone) have a partnership with someone drops welders through contacts and vaporizes a portion of the metal.

But to sum it up, which usually in small electronic devices such as radios and sure things of this Article, the current battery is so small that not even the feeling that most of the time. About the worst thing you can do is lick a 9-volt batteries and vibrate the tongue. If you fell into the bathtub, probably not the feeling when the device is damaged. If in doubt, better safe than sorry.

Pk said...

Not everyone thinks that flows when it touches water, electricity by seracch but a couple of videos if you have a circuit bulb and put water in the middle of it might not work.

Keith T said...

With something like dough 12-volt battery as D, no. Firstly, the fall in the bathtub, it would use the current flow through you, a straight cut. Secondly, it is common enough to be a real problem.

Now I would not try a car battery or many D-cells in chains in a row.

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