question? can you get shocked from 12volt?
kids tote trailer has 12volt electric jack ,and last week in the rain, they say they got shocked when some body touched the trailer. I know nothing about electric things.
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DrewE wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Friend of mine has a 'permanent' ring on his left hand ring finger.
Touched both battery terminals with wrench which was touching his wedding ring.
Ring had to be cut off.....now he doesn't need to wear one (can't anyway do to scaring)
YES 12V DC can be felt, hurts and can cause damage
That's a different situation entirely. Your unfortunate friend did not get an electric shock; rather, he got a bad burn (as in temperature) from the ring, which was conducting a very high current and dissipating a lot of power. This is more along the lines of an arc welder.
12V, when applied to ordinarily dry skin, is not perceptible nor dangerous in and of itself.
Yep, he could have had 1V but with the current available from an automotive battery it would still easily heat up a ring.
Voltage cant kill, it has to have current.
