Is this safe?

[Deleted member 2277]

If a spider walks over it everyone for a 12 mile radius will die.

Not if it is covered with glue or nail varnish!

 

[Dervious]

This is correct, try shorting a 12v car battery and you will be doing a bit of arc welding!

12 volts ?

Try half a volt.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEPy6Za6cI

 

[Deleted member 2277]

12 volts ?

Try half a volt.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEPy6Za6cI

Impressive

 

[bru]

Not if it is covered with glue or nail varnish!

You cruel personage, there are much easier was to stop a spider from walking than covering it in glue.

 

[Deleted member 2277]

You cruel personage, there are much easier was to stop a spider from walking than covering it in glue.

Not quite what I meant but I think your solution would be more fun.

 

[nashathedog]

If a spider walks over it everyone for a 12 mile radius will die.

Unless you are gaming, in that case you'd get spidey powers.

 

[ukxenon]

Cut them off and be done with it better safe than sorry

 

[Wrinkly]

Not if it is covered with glue or nail varnish!

Never seen a spider wearing nail varnish ....

 

[Greebo]

12 volts ?

Try half a volt.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEPy6Za6cI

Yeah tell me about it. I shorted out a 18650 battery on my house keys in my pocket.

only 3.7v but 30 amps but my keys got so hot they burnt a hole through my jacket pocket and started burning my trousers before I felt it.

I quickly pulled off my jacket and by then it was in flames.

Its not the volts that kill you but the amps..............

 

[Deleted member 2277]

Its not the volts that kill you but the amps..............

Not necessarily, 240v ac @ 50mA can kill you.

 

[Greebo]

Not necessarily, 240v ac @ 50mA can kill you.

Sorry I should have said its the current which kills you.......

https://www.quora.com/The-16-year-o...-without-feeling-a-thing-How-is-this-possible

 

[melmac]

My guess would be that any exposed components that have been left like that have been risk assessed, the pins in the PCIe socket have been covered over with a plastic plug housing for a reason, otherwise they'd have left them exposed as well.

Surely they put the plastic housing around those pins to actually, you know like, to hold whatever is plugged into them?

 

[Greebo]

Surely they put the plastic housing around those pins to actually, you know like, to hold whatever is plugged into them?

Correct. And with modern gfx cards weighing a kilo, motherbaord manufacturers are strengthening the slots and armour plating them to hold the weight!