Re: Fuel gauge always showing full ?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:53 pm
Thank goodness for that. My dad taught me the fine art of licking PP3 batteries to check if there was any life in them when I got my first transistor radio at the age of 7. I'd hate to think that he was an irresponsible parentg8dhe wrote:Pardon ? Where on earth did you read that!!!! That I am afraid is utter nonsense!Poohbear wrote:Several people die each year from licking PP3 9V batteries to check whether they still have any juice! 12V can give you a nasty shock and can potentially stop your heart.
The heart needs about 15mA of current thru it to cause fibrillation, even 50 volts is insufficient to cause this when connected between the hands. Other than making a connection under the skin itself, into the dermis layer and applying around 80 volts again between hands/arms there is no way you will get the resistance down sufficiently to cause other than a mild to strong tingle in the nerves of the arms.
They do taste a bit weird though!!