My dad could always just reach down bare handed and pull plug wires off one at a time from auto engines to see which cylinder was dead. When it would shock him, he would just flinch a little and say, "Yep, that one bites a little..." He also said he knew an old German mechanic that could stop a four cylinder engine by just laying his arm across the four plugs, and he would hardly flinch. Me? No way!! I have been blown right out from under the hood of cars several times from a shock. Unlike him, I am very sensitive to it.

It is high voltage, but short duration and low amperage. It could be life threatening to some people they say, but it is rare. Might not do a pacemaker much good though under the right (wrong) conditions.

I was working on a telephone connection, trouble shooting it one time, and I just held two of the wires together with my hands and dialed 0. (Old, rotary phone.) Man, I got 10 distinct hard jolts, and they say the phone system is only 12 volts!!

I was working on my nephew's motorcycle one time, and he thought it would be funny to kick the engine over while I had ahold of the spark plug wire. Man, when I got up off my ***** I chased his butt around the house three times before I got tired and quit, and I wouldn't talk to him for the rest of the day! Whew was I mad!

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