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I have never felt anything holding 12V DC in my hands. Putting your tongue across 9V "transistor" battery terminals is another thing though.
by martyvis 5y ago
I have never felt anything holding 12V DC in my hands. Putting your tongue across 9V "transistor" battery terminals is another thing though.
- dragontamer 5y agoI've left a 9V battery in my pocket once and it touched a penny. I definitely felt that, lol. But yeah, 9V and 12V don't hurt your skin at all. The worst you'll get typically is when you accidentally short it with some metal, and something becomes burning hot really quickly. But this "burning hot" issue can happen even with 1.5V NiMH batteries or 3.3V Li-Ion batteries (even hot enough to start a fire in your pocket! Like all those vaping accidents). That's not "shock" or "electricity", that's literally heat from some other thing messing up the battery pack. So its not really the same.