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Keith Mukai
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About to replace a car battery for the first time.

If you don't hear from me in a couple hours... ⚡️⚡️☠️

(apparently 12V is basically harmless, but I don't actually understand electricity so 🤷‍♂️)
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Big Barry Bitcoin · 94w
5v maxi eh?
Troy · 94w
Just make sure you (or exposed metal) don't connect the two poles together. Even if you do, it's not lethal, just painful.
Rand · 94w
tesla?
_Steed⚡3³ · 93w
Pretty sure current kills you, not voltage
BTC Mechanic · 93w
You will be fine, just make sure the wrench 🔧 doesn't touch any body panels or the negative post when you tighten the positive terminal. Ask me how I know 😆
pup · 93w
Schrodinger's Dev. https://m.primal.net/Ihzy.webp
Artur…qywr · 93w
😂
Jean Do · 93w
as mechanic said: since the car body is ground, open the circuit on negative terminal first when disconnecting then close the circuit last on negative terminal when reconnecting -- so that you don't accidentally close that circuit with your wrench when working on the positive terminal.
Peter Todd · 93w
12V is harmless to you. It is not harmless to whatever metallic thing you accidentally short it across... and the resulting shower of sparks and molten metal is certainly not harmless to you...
Keith Mukai · 93w
Def still alive, just annoyed I'm not done yet after two trips to Home Depot (long socket set, additional hex nuts).
Keith Mukai · 93w
First hurdle: the 12V battery is in the back (Chevy Volt; main power pack on the chassis plus normal 12V battery just to start the electronics) but the hatch's manual release is a hidden 5/16" square cutout that you have to turn. Had to cut a custom tool just to lift the hatch! https://i.nostr.bui...