Timeline for Worm catching with electricity?
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| Nov 16, 2017 at 12:57 | comment | added | user | See also How much voltage is “dangerous”? and Safe current limit for human contact? on Electrical Engineering, as well as Is it the current that kills you, not the voltage? on Skeptics. | |
| Nov 16, 2017 at 2:46 | comment | added | Squatting Dog | Sounds like he has got you covered. Another method is to put crushed walnuts in a bucket and fill it with water. Stir around for a couple of minutes, and pour it on the ground. The worms will have a race to see who can get to the surface the fastest. | |
| Mar 24, 2017 at 17:26 | vote | accept | James Jenkins | ||
| Nov 15, 2016 at 16:26 | comment | added | plast1k | Just because a car battery normally can't electrocute you doesn't mean they aren't dangerous in other ways. I've dropped a wrench across the terminals and it welded itself on there pretty good with a bunch of fireworks. That is a ton of energy that can have affects other than electrocution. | |
| Nov 4, 2016 at 18:32 | comment | added | That Idiot | By the time you've linked 4 car batteries together you've got enough voltage that, in the USA at least, regulations require shielding to prevent direct contact with conductive areas. And it would deliver more than 300 amps.... In a wet area... | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 16:25 | comment | added | James Jenkins | One of several examples - it's not the volts that'll kill you, but the amps | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 12:51 | comment | added | Pete Becker | I think you missed my point: a few car batteries (4 or 5, i.e., around 50-60 volts) won't electrocute you. They don't have enough voltage to drive a harmful current through you. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 12:46 | comment | added | Ken Graham | @PeteBecker Never said It would not electrocute us, but that we never did get electrocuted. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 12:40 | comment | added | Pete Becker | "Several car batteries" won't electrocute you. An extension cord plugged into mains power certainly can. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 3:00 | history | answered | Ken Graham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |