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To: Quickgun

I got caught in a storm in Galveston bay. After my boat was beached, I tried to unhook the battery which was under water. There was no way! The shock from that 12 volt battery was just too strong.

Also the Merck manual states that for AC, 60 ma can be fatal.


47 posted on 07/15/2013 10:20:12 AM PDT by Elderberry
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To: Elderberry

I’ve been wet with sweat(imagine that here in Texas)and have gotten a pretty good “tingle” from an auto battery.The path the electricity takes through your body has much do do with lethality, too. There have been instances where people have had arms virtually burned off by transmission lines and lived.60ma could be fatal, IMHO, the voltage would have to be pretty high. AC current is more aggressive in terms of shock, anyway in most of the applications we deal with.


79 posted on 07/15/2013 11:46:04 AM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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