From: dwinsemius@comcast.net   
      
   On Tuesday, July 11, 2000 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, J-David wrote:   
   > I've seen people for years who will test a 9-volt battery by   
   > touching the polls to their tongue.  I always wondered if the   
   > resulting shock might be a huge drain on the battery.  Is it?   
   >    
   >                       J. David   
      
   > Now that HAS to be a UL, there isn't enough current in a multimeter to   
   > interrupt the heart, right?   
   >   
   Right, the Simpson 260 has a 50 micro-amp meter movement. In a resistance   
   bridge,   
   even a very unbalanced one, about the max it could output would be in the   
   order of 200   
   micro-amps. I believe the magic number is 20 milli-amps through the heart to   
   cause   
   fibrillation. (note: 1000 micro-amps = 1 milli-amp).   
   P Lauer   
      
   Sorry to be posting 16 years later, but had been looking for other info on   
   multimeters and this bogus Darwin Award came up. The Simpson 260 does not have   
   a nine volt battery in it. Has a D-cell and a 15 volt unit, the discharge   
   capacity cannot be    
   anything close to sustaining that current into a low resistance load. and no   
   "Navy safety publication" can be found searching on any of hte plausible terms.   
      
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