On 11 Aug 2004 19:12:15 GMT, clewis@nortelnetworks.com (Chris Lewis)
wrote:

>According to Tom MacIntyre  <tom__macintyre@hotmail.com>:
>> On 9 Aug 2004 16:37:52 GMT, clewis@nortelnetworks.com (Chris Lewis)
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >According to Tom MacIntyre  <tom__macintyre@hotmail.com>:
>> >> Ah...reminds me of one of my less-brilliant moments. Having a few
>> >> suds, no meter available, cellular phone seemed to be not charging. I
>> >> tongue-tested the adapter...only 10.6 volts, but with an 850 mA
>> >> capacity. I don't know how many ohms it is on a small area of a human
>> >> tongue, so I don't know how much current I was subjected to, but it
>> >> felt like the top of my head was coming off. :-)
>
>> >Just a bit of a surprise that's all, 10V is not much worse than 9V,
>> >and tongue-testing 9V batteries is quite popular ;-).
> 
>> A 9 volt battery can't put out as much current.
>
>Enough to be limited by the resistance of your tongue rather than the
>battery, so the short-circuit current limitations aren't really relevant.

Well...I was there, and have done both, and believe me, the difference
was relevant...REALLY relevant. :-)

Tom