Is it possible to die from a battery ?

[Skybuck Flying]

My remote control has the MN1500 batteries.

http://www.duracell.com/oem/primary/alkaline/alkaline_manganese_prod.asp

Could these be enough to kill as well ? woooooeeeee.

"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:...

Ok,

I looked at a battery in my remote control for the television.

It's only a small one. 1.5 volts (duracell)

Would this battery be enough to kill ?

For example could I hurt myself by making my fingers wet and touching both
ends ?

Bye,
Skybuck.

 

[Skybuck Flying]

Ohhhh

275 mA
50 mA
20 mA

http://www.duracell.com/oem/primary/alkaline/alkvoltage.asp

Seems to be enough ?

Ohms ? resistance of body ? hmm

"grunt" <geoffreygallo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1123308718.190903.26130@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

I recall once reading that 10mA or 1/100 of an ampere (same thing)
across the heart itself is sufficient. I suspect that tasers are
'safe' because they use radio frequencies which would cause currents to
flow on the surface of the body (depth proportional to frequency).
When thinking about lethality of voltage jolts, one can use joules as a
unit more useful than volts of amps and it corresponds to watts as a
unit of energy.

Generally speaking, on practical terms, most people need only care that
the outlets near their kitchen sinks and bathrooms have what is called
'ground fault protection' built in. If you don't have GFI outlets, you
can replace the ones you have. I don't have them, but I don't use the
outlets.

Circuits on the order of difibrillators in charge start entering the
realm of lethality, and there are circuits like the electromagnetic
pulse can crusher (lookup 'shrinking quarters') which probably are
extremely lethal if mishandled.

Since this is an electronics group, it is useful to point out that a
common trick of the trade is, when you are not sure about what voltages
are present, put one hand in a back pocket when you approach the work
with the other hand. This reduces the chance of an across the heart
jolt. Don't change light bulbs in your socks on a wet basement floor
(been there, done that, survived), don't open your TV set, don't use a
hairdryer in the tub (um, republicans are immune though, don't climb
high tension towers, and dont rescue kites from high tension lines. 9
volt batteries are just a bother to the tongue, and voltmeters often
are more revealing. Call in downed power lines by dialing 911.

 

[xray]

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 06:39:05 GMT, "Kevin Aylward"
<see_website@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:

I reckon even a low current of say, 10ua could kill if left on long
enough, like days. It would upset the chemical system of the body.
Things going where they shouldnt go etc.

Death by leakage? How exactly would one implement the attack or the
suicide? Aluminum (Aluminium) strips affixed to the head and feet, with
a good sturdy 9 V Radio Shack battery driving the evil mechanism? I'm
ready to write the TV script.

Hmmm, if it works, I may want to try it when the alzheimers sets in.

Fuck, I'll need help. Who do I trust? Oh, and then there is the time
factor. Maybe a simple 110 or 220 AC source would be more efficint.

 

[Robert Baer]

Skybuck Flying wrote:

Hi,

This link is to how voltage and stuff works.

http://www.doctronics.co.uk/circuits.htm

It mentions batteries etc...

It also mentions if a thick wire was connected with both ends of the battery
a high/strong current would happen.

I once heard or read that per year 15 people die because they stick their
tong to a battery.

Is this possible ? Is it possible to die from a battery like this ?

Bye,
Skybuck.


Yes and no.

If one had very low skin resistance, and put one hand on the negative
terminal and the other on the positive terminal, the DC *current* thru
the heart could be high enough to cause death.
There was one case of this happening about 45 ears ago when such a
person got across a 6V car battery.
Using the tongue, there is very low resistance, and one could burn it
and cause bleeding; it is possible that trauma could do the rest.

 

[Dirk Bruere at Neopax]

xray wrote:

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 06:39:05 GMT, "Kevin Aylward"
see_website@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:


I reckon even a low current of say, 10ua could kill if left on long
enough, like days. It would upset the chemical system of the body.
Things going where they shouldnt go etc.



Death by leakage? How exactly would one implement the attack or the
suicide? Aluminum (Aluminium) strips affixed to the head and feet, with
a good sturdy 9 V Radio Shack battery driving the evil mechanism? I'm
ready to write the TV script.

Hmmm, if it works, I may want to try it when the alzheimers sets in.

Fuck, I'll need help. Who do I trust? Oh, and then there is the time
factor. Maybe a simple 110 or 220 AC source would be more efficint.

Well, 200mV across saline electrodes on the head can do all kinds of bizarre
things depending on modulation.

--
Dirk

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