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A 12V battery can kill you or seriously harm you. The entire chassis of the vehicle is the return path, and can make a short circuit or exposed wire exception
by akira2501 5y ago
A 12V battery can kill you or seriously harm you. The entire chassis of the vehicle is the return path, and can make a short circuit or exposed wire exceptionally dangerous. Working around high current paths like the wire from the alternator can be a special hazard.
The battery can also release explosive gasses if charged or used improperly or if other parts of the electrical system are damaged. Combined with a spark and again death and serious injury are possible.
Pulleys and belts are under tension. It's probably not as lethal, but it's a stored energy hazard and has hurt plenty of technicians.
Suspension systems contain many stored energy hazards.
Tires with air pressure are a stored energy hazard, even if they're not attached to the vehicle.
- Volker_W 5y ago> A 12V battery can kill you or seriously harm you. How?
- akira2501 5y agoPeople wear metal jewelry and use metal tools. And dry skin resistance is not the same as wet skin resistance. Aside from these, admittedly, far fetched cases.. batteries can explode if serviced improperly.
- pvaldes 5y agoIs filled with strong acids, for example. But I agree that having to deal with high voltage is a totally new level of troubles.
- teruakohatu 5y agoYou are vastly over estimating the hazards under a hood. When opening a hood and looking for a problem, filling up a water tank, checking oil or topping up the radiator the greatest danger is probably somehow not propping the food open correctly or forgetting to let it cool down first and touching a hot part or fluid and getting a minor burn. Opening a car hood is miles less dangerous than changing a light bulb on a desktop lamp, it's probably even less dangerous than driving the car on the road.