An AAAA cell has 200-350 mohms internal resistance. A 9v battery has 6 of them in series (many of them are literally that, others have their cells as a stack of plastic buckets). The nose ring is a short run of wire, it's idunno a 0.2 ohm heater?

I think the septum is going to get pretty toasty.

https://data.energizer.com/pdfs/e96.pdf

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well now I want to try this with my septum piercing and find out

[–] rotopenguin 46 points 2 years ago

Do it with the piercing OUT OF YOUR BODY. You don't want a hot piece of metal that you can't get off of yourself fast enough.

[–] Onaltau@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

If you do please let me know what happens lol.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Would the person feel anything? Presumably the electricity would flow through the metal as path of least resistance?

[–] Melkath@kbin.social 75 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't shock the person.

You heat up the metal until it burns them.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

I used to burn paper with a 9 volt and a paperclip. Good times

[–] toxic_cloud@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a short, the metal would heat up extremely fast and burn.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Yes, it would heat up. It would not be pleasant

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They prob wouldn't get shocked but the ring and battery will get very hot very quick as there i pretty much no resistance wich means there is a lot of current flowing.

Someone else in the comments claimed to have calculated a resistance of 0.2 ohms.

I=U÷R

9V ÷ 0.2Ω = 45A

45 amps is a lot of current to flow through a nose ring. I don't know how much that is in heat but i'd expect you to get burned from it

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You won't get more than a few mA out of an alkaline, but heat does build up. (Internal resistance)

A NiMH on the other and can give over 10 amps. They're a seriously risky thing to leave around loose metal bits. Or attached to thin wires.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Definitely won’t get shocked. I’ve run estim through nipple piercings and no shocks

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Just put a 9volt in your pocket with some change

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

You're doing it wrong. You gotta place a metal sphere close to it connected to a Van de Graaff generator.

[–] AlexJD@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Cursed welding

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How many times is this reddit tier meme going to be reposted here??

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Until people stop bitching about reposts.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit tier comment.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then go back, we don't care.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Good idea, then I can see nothing BUT that kind of shit.