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Can the 9 volt lick test kill you?

#67
walterw said:
500 mA from a 9V battery? much less from an ohmmeter, which i would expect to produce much less current than the entire capacity of the battery running it.
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My current DMM will do resistance tests at up to 4 watts of power, so that would be in the range.

As for a 9V battery - short circuit flash current is usually in the 500mA-1amp range.

Other batteries are capable of much more power, including numbers approaching 10A for D cells.
 
#68
boomertech said:
The 500+ mAh rating of a 9V alkaline battery is the capacity in hours. Which means that if your device draws 500mA then you will get 1 hour of battery usage before it is basically dead. If your device uses 1A then, in theory, it would only last ½ hour. If your device uses 50mA then you get 10 hours of battery…. there are always internal resistances in all batteries that limit its maximum current output.

-Frank
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Yep... and Peukert Effect which means that the higher your current draw, the lower you Ah capacity.
 
#69
Steveaux said:
The Warning Label on BIC lighters used to say, "Do Not Use Near Fire or Flame".

:hmm:
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Yes, those suckers can explode if a flame burns through the casing.

A long time ago when I was working construction (Millwright) there was a memo being circulated around ‘cause it’s not uncommon to wipe the tip of a burning torch on ones pants in an attempt to clean I up a bit, and someone’s lighter in their pants pocket exploded.

Not sure how bad he was hurt, but apparently it’s an issue to consider.

I saw an empty lighter discarded in an ashtray go off, just a swishing sound and I think it shot off when a cigg burned a hole in it.
 
#71
aborgman said:
My current DMM will do resistance tests at up to 4 watts of power, so that would be in the range.

As for a 9V battery - short circuit flash current is usually in the 500mA-1amp range.

Other batteries are capable of much more power, including numbers approaching 10A for D cells.
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Only Gene Simmons can touch the positive and negative end of a D cell at the same time with his tongue.
 
#72
Kinda strange, I was reading this thread a couple of days ago and I have heard of this so called test, but never tried it myself(unless I did it in a drunken or drug fueled haze 10 years ago). So fast forward to this afternoon, I go to pick up my son from kindergarten, which the school is 2 blocks away so we walk, and my neighbor is walking with me, because she has a daughter the same age as my son. She brings along her 2 year old boy, who has in one hand a plastic coat hanger, and in the other hand......a 9 volt battery, that he takes a lick off of every minute or so. I was dumbfounded too say the least, and had to ask her about it, her reply was, he likes it...........:bassist:
 
#73
Of course 9v batteries can kill! I am so tired of reading stories about them killing people in the paper every day! There were two in my town just this week! I don't know why we let them out into society, as they're quite handy with a switch blade, and those batteries have no problems sinking one into your chest.

I remember I had a gig at a festival, and a super cute girl I used to work with showed up at the gig. A bit before we went on, I had a 9v that I needed for the active circuit board on my bass. Somehow, it short circuited on my keys or something else in my pocket right as I was talking to/hitting on her. It got crazy hot, and I had to fling everything out of my pocket. Very embarrassing.
 
#74
Zooberwerx said:
This is why it's so difficult to electrocute somebody...the human body is a terrible conductor relatively speaking. On a brighter note...

How many of you remember the Presto hot dog cookers? You essentially pierced each end of the weiner on opposing electrode "skewers", closed the lid, and (with a nod to The Green Mile), "roll on two!" The dogs tasted terrible and you had to have court-appointed witnesses before operating.

Riis
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Had one! Dogs did taste like crap, very "electrical short"

About the OP, try plugging into an ungrounded vintage tube amp and then touching the mic with your lips, I promise you more than a 9 volt experience!
 
#80
I lick 9-volts before they go in my bass, any pedals or in my case as a spare. Don't want a dud. Probably gonna invest in a one-spot before too long. Batteries are starting to add up and 3 a year for my bass isn't bad.
 

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