People who think that low-voltage DC is always completely harmless should be invited to watch a foot-long 5/8" wrench do an impression of an incandescent light bulb when dropped across the terminals of a traction battery.

#electricity #respect #DC #LowVoltage #current #ItsNotTheVoltsItsTheAmps

@cazabon I had an old coworker that was like ya I'd totally grab the car battery by the terminals. I'm like dude you're crazy. Like sure our skin has high resistance but what if you're sweaty or there's a cut in your hand. You really wanna play that game.

I had a professor that told a story pretty much about your scenario where the person suffered internal 3rd degree burns from shorting a high current supply with a wrench

@fullywoolly @cazabon many years ago my dad shorted a car battery and it exploded. It’s a miracle he wasn’t blinded or otherwise severely injured. Hearing that story growing up was enough to make me very cautious with car batteries
@Bfordham @cazabon wow glad he's ok. Like C posted, respect with electricity is so important.