2006-09-28 06:54:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
most of your answers are close so far. a standard AAA, AA, C, and D cell batteries produce a very low voltage while your skin has a very high resistance. in order for you to complete the circuit you need higher voltage and less resistance. such as a 9 volt battery, you touch it to your wet tongue and you feel it, because with a moist conductor the higher voltage passes through easier causing the "sensation" (best i can explain) of being shocked. the amperage really has no "shock value".
2006-09-28 17:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by HEATH C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A complete circuit has to be made, if its a low volatge battery you will not feel it. If you want to see and feel an example take a 9 Volt battery which has the positive and minus close together and touch both to your tongue youll feel a shock.
Imagine if you took a car battery and held both ends together?!
2006-09-28 13:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you dont get shocked when you touch it you get shocked when you complete a circuit because the electrons are trying to move from one side to the other and using you as a path and you are feeling the movement of this electricity through you.
2006-09-28 13:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The voltage is too low to get 'shocked'.
2006-09-28 13:56:26 · answer #4 · answered by kinsmed 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its not that there isnt enough voltage (well, that too), but more importantly, not enough current! BTW, stick the terminals of a 9V battery on your tongue, you WILL feel it.
2006-09-28 16:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by justme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
batts dont have the volts to enter the skin
2006-09-28 14:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by moose 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋