Re: MD: DC surges, a warning

[W.Z.]

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, PrinceGaz wrote:
> Like Jim, I was gonna say it's more likely caused by acid than volts, otherwise
> there'd be health warnings on the average PP3 battery (9v).  I'm not saying

It's the current in the car battery that makes it dangerous.  Not the
potential.  Static electricity is often in excess of thousands, ten
thousands of voltage potential, but has very little current, and only
produces a mild/annoying shock.


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