• nao@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    Would you actually notice anything? Like a bird sitting on a high-voltage power line, as long as it only touches one line it’s ok.

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      12 days ago

      It would probably start getting uncomfortably warm pretty quickly, but I doubt you’d feel the current.

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        12 days ago

        I’d bet you’d feel as much current as licking a 9volt. The nose is a mucus membrane, so not very resistant to electricity

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          11 days ago

          Yes but the nose ring is metal. So you’d short the battery using it, allowing as much current as a 9v could muster across the ring. Depending on how thick the ring, it would heat up, and potentially cause burning. But no electric shock.

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            11 days ago

            Though I wonder how much punch those things have. It’s 9v but I wouldn’t be surprised if that voltage drops quite a bit if offered little resistance.

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              11 days ago

              If I had a nose ring like that one, I’d give it a shot, out of my nose of course, but alas, I don’t yet