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If you short out DC current it will get hot and burn ya...
I have been working with 12 and 24 volts systems for a forever.
You cant get shocked by it unless it is stepped up as in the "secondary as in ignition voltage after the coil", or somehow AC is leaking past the regulator.
I have not ever experienced it or heard of it.
To the poster about 42 volts -
Explain yourself, please?
Anyone can grab 12 volt, 24 volt two 24 volt batteries together and not ever feel a thing.
What system has 42?
That is a very odd number........
I have been working with 12 and 24 volts systems for a forever.
You cant get shocked by it unless it is stepped up as in the "secondary as in ignition voltage after the coil", or somehow AC is leaking past the regulator.
I have not ever experienced it or heard of it.
To the poster about 42 volts -
Explain yourself, please?
Anyone can grab 12 volt, 24 volt two 24 volt batteries together and not ever feel a thing.
What system has 42?
That is a very odd number........
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If you short out DC current it will get hot and burn ya...
I have been working with 12 and 24 volts systems for a forever.
You cant get shocked by it unless it is stepped up as in the "secondary as in ignition voltage after the coil", or somehow AC is leaking past the regulator.
I have not ever experienced it or heard of it.
To the poster about 42 volts -
Explain yourself, please?
Anyone can grab 12 volt, 24 volt two 24 volt batteries together and not ever feel a thing.
What system has 42?
That is a very odd number........
I have been working with 12 and 24 volts systems for a forever.
You cant get shocked by it unless it is stepped up as in the "secondary as in ignition voltage after the coil", or somehow AC is leaking past the regulator.
I have not ever experienced it or heard of it.
To the poster about 42 volts -
Explain yourself, please?
Anyone can grab 12 volt, 24 volt two 24 volt batteries together and not ever feel a thing.
What system has 42?
That is a very odd number........
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I think some people are more bothered by shock than others.
I never shut off 120 when working on it as it hardly ever even gives me a tingle
240 I have a lot of respect for and will throw the braker.
I am still contemplating how DC can hurt ya outside a lightning strike, or a dead short and burn what ever you are holding and cause the short...
I never shut off 120 when working on it as it hardly ever even gives me a tingle
240 I have a lot of respect for and will throw the braker.
I am still contemplating how DC can hurt ya outside a lightning strike, or a dead short and burn what ever you are holding and cause the short...
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Thing is I changed nothing. I found the old taped up turn signal cables I had cut 4yrs ago untapped them. Me sure I had left. And then attempted to run the new cable three the bars so I could splice and solder together. But gave up after an hour and put it back the way I hid it minus the electrical tape on the wires. And now I'm being zapped.
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Higher voltage DC can be more dangerous than ac because it contracts your muscles and can cause you to involuntarily grasp and hold what is shocking you. But 12v is not enough to feel or cause this to happen. 125 or 250 DC, used all over the place where I work, will definitely do the trick.
Last edited by d_slat; Sep 9, 2018 at 11:19 PM.
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I am pretty sure I can hook 50 12 volt batteries together series or parallel, grab the Pos and the Neg and feel nothing
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Have you ever stuck your tongue on the terminals of a 9v battery? You can feel it...
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Yea..and i generally stand in water in my bare feet to work on electrical stuff just to make it more exciting..............
My point is and you know it- DC current is not going to touch you.
My point is and you know it- DC current is not going to touch you.