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Originally Posted by dole
A car battery's 12 volts, sure, but it's not the voltage that kills you, it's the amperage. Try hooking your ******* up to a pair of jumper cables. If you stick your finger in a cigarette lighter socket, it WILL give you a good jolt and can burn the skin before the fuse blows. Probably similar to what this guy experienced, I'd say the cigarette lighter's probably badly grounded and not just static electricity.
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Just FYI...it takes at least 24v (usually 48v) to penetrate the skin to shock/kill you. And the charger is limited to approx 500ma which is not the same as hooking directly up to your battery with jumper cables.