Bushrat Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 (1999) A US Navy safety publication describes injuries incurred while doing don't's. One page described the fate of a sailor playing with a multimeter in an unauthorized manner. He was curious about the resistance level of the human body. He had a Simpson 260 multimeter, a small unit powered by a 9-volt battery. That may not seem powerful enough to be dangerous? but it can be deadly in the wrong hands. The sailor took a probe in each hand to measure his bodily resistance from thumb to thumb. But the probes had sharp tips, and in his excitement he pressed his thumbs hard enough against the probes to break the skin. Once the salty conducting fluid known as blood was available, the current from the multimeter travelled right across the sailor's heart, disrupting the electrical regulation of his heartbeat. He died before he could record his Ohms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablitz Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 lol silly sailer sad but funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushrat Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Yeah; it is a bit sad but yeah is pretty funny. I know peeps who put the 9volt batterys onto there touques to see if they are still working or not; i some times wonder if that could kill them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 1999 man, jeez :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushrat Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 1999 man, jeez :rolleyes: and? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 If true, damn, strange. Not funny, just strange and tragic. What a way to pass on. Anyhoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev64 Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Yeah; it is a bit sad but yeah is pretty funny.I know peeps who put the 9volt batterys onto there touques to see if they are still working or not; i some times wonder if that could kill them? It didn't kill me. :D :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2cube Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 i some times wonder if that could kill them? yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 :rolleyes: I'd have to see that to believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivand Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 That's sad, but pretty funnay :laugh: When I was little I used to put a 9v battery in my thong to see what happened :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwBen Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 "What should we do with the drunken sailor?" :&: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnut Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 used to be the old gag way way back in school ;) Ya know the old lick a battery... Jim: 'Hey, Steve, come and try this!' *sticks battery on tounge* BZZZZZZZZPPPTT **Thrashes about** Steve: 'Sh*t Jim, you just had a stroke! .. do it again!' Jim: 'Yeh, i was gonna!' ... Lol seriously it was a lads thing went about loads in school never killed no one lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedorpheux Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 yeah, licking a battery (most likely) wont kill you because there is no current going across the heart....what killed this guy was that he did it in each hand. if he had held both in one hand, he wouldnt have died...of course, he wouldnt have gotten a proper reading, but still, he wouldnt have died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueshirt Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 We're using multimeters all the time at the university. I'm glad I read this thread. Geez never knew it could lead to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Sounds like a job for the MythBusters :) DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitteny_berk Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 We're using multimeters all the time at the university. I'm glad I read this thread. Geez never knew it could lead to that. if you're doing anything with electrickery at uni, i'd bloody hope you knew the dangers involved. remember, it's the current not the voltage that kills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2004 Global Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2004 yeah... i guess that could happen... but this one time i accidentally touched an exposed,metal part of my tv w/ one hand and grabbed the bottom of my cable box w/ the other... that hurt like a bitch... that would have been much more than 9v too.. but i didnt die... my thumbs hurt though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 sounds like a potential darwin nominee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaZZacK Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 sounds like a potential darwin nominee. lol forgot about that :) wonder if hes already on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedorpheux Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Sounds like a job for the MythBusters :) good idea :laugh: :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Someone go look it up at snopes.com, I'm too lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaZZacK Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 http://www.darwinawards.com/slush/, search for 9 volt battery and it comes right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 http://www.darwinawards.com/slush/, search for 9 volt battery and it comes right up. Ha! I told you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniPi Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Someone go look it up at snopes.com, I'm too lazy. Nothing found. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I'm undecided currently if that story's actually true. For once I'm not sure that 9V are enough to disrupt the heart, and on top of that, multimeters send only very small amounts of current while probing the resistance, not the full power of their battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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