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<blockquote data-quote="grassroots" data-source="post: 7847062" data-attributes="member: 571725">ITT: bunch of &quot;electrical experts&quot; waiting to get seriously hurt...to the first guy: the reason your multimeter &quot;blew up&quot; was likely because you had it set to measure resistance, not voltage. changing the leads around shouldn&#039;t have caused what you described... it sounds like you created a short (by having it set to measure resistance (ohms)) and the internal fuse blew (like it was designed to do).with that being said, 120v kills more people annually than ANY OTHER VOLTAGE... like mentioned &quot;amperage kills&quot;, which is true. 120v is capable of providing enough amperage to stop your heart&nbsp; thousands of times over. it can take as little as .05 amps to cause de-fibrillation of your heart...the only reason you guys don&#039;t get shocked (and likely killed) when wiring up your stereos is because there isn&#039;t sufficient VOLTAGE (12-15v) to send current through your body. the higher the voltage, the more amperage can flow and the more likely it is to use YOU as a source to ground which = electrocution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grassroots, post: 7847062, member: 571725"] ITT: bunch of "electrical experts" waiting to get seriously hurt... to the first guy: the reason your multimeter "blew up" was likely because you had it set to measure resistance, not voltage. changing the leads around shouldn't have caused what you described... it sounds like you created a short (by having it set to measure resistance (ohms)) and the internal fuse blew (like it was designed to do). with that being said, 120v kills more people annually than ANY OTHER VOLTAGE... like mentioned "amperage kills", which is true. 120v is capable of providing enough amperage to stop your heart thousands of times over. it can take as little as .05 amps to cause de-fibrillation of your heart... the only reason you guys don't get shocked (and likely killed) when wiring up your stereos is because there isn't sufficient VOLTAGE (12-15v) to send current through your body. the higher the voltage, the more amperage can flow and the more likely it is to use YOU as a source to ground which = electrocution. [/QUOTE]

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