• StThicket@reddthat.com
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    9 months ago

    Considering that a 12V battery has an internal resistance of 20 milliohms, the potential current through this thing would be approximately 600A.

    It might be too hot to handle (pun intended)

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      9 months ago

      You can also get that from just the label. The CCA rating (cold cranking amps) is the max current that specific battery can supply in short bursts. 600 CCA is pretty typical, but I’ve seen up to 900 in the batteries I ship.

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      9 months ago

      Is it really 600 amps? That seems rather high. I do know that the one time I shocked myself on a car battery, it rocked my world much more than getting shocked by a 110v outlet.

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        9 months ago

        V = IR Assuming 12.6V 12.6 = I* 0.02 I = 630

        So yeah, it could hit 600A, if only until it got hot enough to melt something or change the chemistry

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              It has been 20+ years since it happened, but I’m pretty sure I was standing in a little puddle, or my hands were wet (can’t remember which), and my wrench just happened to bump the positive terminal and it was like “POW! Right in the brain!”. Thankfully I didn’t latch on or anything. It was instantaneous, and over in half a second, but it rocked my world for that half second or whatever it was.

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        9 months ago

        Wait you can get shocked on a car battery??? I thought 12V was too low for you to feel.