Okay, I'm doing research for a script I'm writing. In the script, a girl is hooked up to a pair of jumper cables (the other half hooked up to a running car) and electrocuted.
Is this even possible? I'd like to know why or why not please. The more specific the answer, the more likely I'll give it a Best Answer.
2007-07-15 03:24:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
the amperage is more than sufficient to kill however, it is very
unlikely because the voltage to carry the amperage to you should be in the thousands, and your car battery is only 12volts
house current at 110 however is fatal so take a plug wire, strip back the insulation and add clamps apply to your victims
nipples and hit the switch weeeeee
P.S. you want the current path through the chest area so it messes up the heart rythym. and don't forget your own rubber
gloves and bootys so you don't get shocked.
2007-07-15 03:40:21 · answer #1 · answered by wise old sage 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It may pe possible, but I don't think that there is any easy way to assure success. The human body has quite a high resistance to the flow of electric current. To cause an electric current that is large enough to kill someone, a sufficiently high voltage must be applied to overcome the resistance. A car battery only produces 12 volts. The charging system produces 15 or 16 volts when the car is running. Even if the jumper cables dig into the skin on either side of the heart, it is doubtful that enough current would flow to cause death.
Alternating current more easily disrupts the beating of the heart. A car's electrical system operates on direct current. The alternator produces alternating current, but rectifiers inside the alternator housing change the current to direct current. I don't think it is easy to get access to alternating current from an alternator.
It might be possible to disconnect the alternator from the battery and connect to the AC side of the rectifier. Without the battery connected, the voltage might be higher also particularly if the voltage regulator can be disabled. That might do the job. The car will run without the alternator until the battery runs down.
2007-07-15 03:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by EE68PE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went out to my car and hooked up the jumper cables to see if your theory was right. Wow!!! What a jolt!!!...Just kidding.
The car does not produce enough voltage and amps to kill. It might give a pretty good shock, but it won't kill. Even the coil, which provides the high voltage for the spark plugs to work, will only give a really good shock, but will not kill you.
In movies where they show a person being shocked by a 12 volt battery and jumper cables, the battery is usually hooked up to a coil that increases the voltage to a level that gives a really good shock.
If in fact the voltage of a car was enough to kill, the wires and terminals would be covered to prevent accidental deaths. Under most hoods they are to some degree exposed.
Good luck with your script!
2007-07-15 03:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Hokijamoki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is not possible. The voltage across the jumper cables is only 12 volts. (up to 14 volts with the engine running)
Ohm's law says that voltage divided be resistance equals current. The resistance of the human body is high enough to prevent a lethal current from flowing across her body.
If you doubt this answer, head down to the automotive department at Wal-Mart and place your thumbs on the terminals of a car battery.
2007-07-15 03:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the car is running and the person is some how hooked into the ignition coil, yes. The battery alone can't do it. The ignition system in a car runs at about 30,000 volts.
2007-07-15 08:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by Scott S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HaHa. But some people also need 'brain jumper cables'. Like you. Get yourself a quick 'boost'. Might improve your thinking. Maybe.
2016-05-18 01:35:23 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be possible. The voltage in a car would probably not be enough.....but.....get SUV!!!
Now we are talking some serious electrocution!!! Ye-ha!!
2007-07-15 03:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by IRSTAS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not possible. The amperage in a cars 12V system is too low. Try hooking her to the electronic ignition system. very high voltage there! It most likely would kill the car but she would definitely FEEL the shock!!
2007-07-15 03:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by jimcc66 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no its not for a current to flow firstly the carrier the volts have to flow through the body and a cars volts is only 12 not enough to break the average body resistance so no volt flow no current flow
2007-07-15 04:41:15 · answer #9 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
need water. not enough power in the battery. I mean its possible but may take a long time ! not enough amp
2007-07-15 03:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋