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Killing yourself with a 9volt battery
Did you know that you can kill yourself with a measly 9volt battery? To think of all those times I fooled around with sharp multimeter tips…
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24
Aug
08:47
Nah, that’s common practice. I used to do it all the time. Kind of enjoyed the feel of it.
The thing with doing that is, you’re passing current just through your tongue. In the case of the multimeter, he was passing it through his torax (including his heart). It’s very low, but still enough to provoke an arrythmia (I think that was what was described in the article). Had he just punctured two fingers in his right hand, he would have got off with a minor tingling sensation.
Interesting.
24
Aug
10:37
You enjoyed shocking your tong?
You sick!
24
Aug
10:42
You enjoyed shocking your tong?
You sick!
24
Aug
10:48
Ack! double post, sorry!
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I saw a stand-up act by Jon Stewart once whence he described licking 9V batteries as a child.
I tried it, your tongue gets all buzzy and feels like it has pins and needles.
But I’ve only held it for less than a second. Had I held it more, I guess I would have been dead.