On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:30:19PM -0500, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Geoff Jacobs wrote: > >> Yes, it is possible to kill yourself with low voltage. You have to >> really work at it and/or be unlucky, but it can be done. A DC resistance >> from leg to arm of 100 ohms or so is hard to achieve. Stabbing oneself >> with electrified needles, for starters. > > As in: > > http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-50.html > > Improving the human race one incident at a time... > > There was also the joy of touching a 9V battery across the tip of your > tongue (safe enough, but more than enough to convince you that 9V can > make you go "Ow"). Or the dangers of 12V batteries in a saltwater > environment or even when it is raining and your hands are wet and your > skin is maybe a bit split when you grab one by the posts. > A small 9V lamp battery, a motor on one side of the winding to provide "pulsed AC" and an audio step up transformer made a superb electric shock machine and largish sparks :)
Teenage radio hams: Shorting out 12V batteries with thin copper wire to see which ones still held charge and were worth paying the scrap dealer for :( [We're all still here - just :) ] 12V will weld a wedding ring to pretty much anything - or produce an effective amputation with ready made diathermy to seal up the wound :( > As I said, do NOT mess with even "low" voltage electricity unless you > know things like what a conductor is, or you too might qualify for a > Darwin! And we'd hate that...:-) > > rgb > AndyC _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
