From: ctbishop@earthlink.net
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David Winsemius wrote:
> 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.
Ok, I'm in
the 2000 question was about whether the battery suffered a drain if
people touched a 9v battery to their tongue.
Then, below that, was the answer for another question, whether or not a
9v battery, touched on the tongue (we assume, not stated) could cause an
interruption to the heart's rhythm.
Then the next answer, I'm unsure about. A Simpson (multimeter?) is
mentioned and, I think, is used to mimic what resistance the human body
at the tongue might have. If so the question is back to whether a 9v
battery could interrupt a human heart.
There isn't even any speculation on whether doing so would help drain
the battery.
See everybody in 2032.
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charles
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