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Reject modernity. Embrace tradition. (feddit.cl)
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edit: Don't do this. Embrace modernity and don't pollute the soil.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know for sure but I think it's the current, higher voltage will bridge a bigger gap/higher resistance but a human body doesn't have that high of a resistance and car batteries are capable of providing plenty of current (I think?)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but to penetrate the top layer of human skin, you need about 60 V DC, or 30 V AC. A car battery is 12 V DC...

Edit: I got the voltages from an old ElectroBoom video and I just remembered them so I know when to use protection when working with electricity and when it's not needed.