> If high current is what kills then does that mean short circuiting a tiny 6V battery and touching it could kil?

If high current is what kills then does that mean short circuiting a tiny 6V battery and touching it could kil?

Posted at: 2015-01-07 
Huge currents kill by burning you. Most electrocutions happen when the subject gets about 1/100 of an ampere through the heart, which disturbs nerves, stops the heart. But your skin resistance is typically about 10,000 Ohms so it takes about100 Volts to get even that small current going through your body. When you short a battery, the current will be the battery voltage divided by the battery resistance, which is not zero. The larger the battery, the lower the battery resistance, hence the higher the battery current rating. When you short out a battery, the large resulting current does not flow through you so you might get burned by touching the hot wires or an exploding battery, but you will not get electrocuted.

It isn't enough to touch it, you need to be in the circuit, and once you are in the circuit 6V is never going to be enough to produce much of a current.

You are correct, high current does kill you.



A battery does not produce enough current to kill you, you would barely even get a shock.

It won't because it is not high power.



Don't worry you can try it lol!