[MissMoppet]

Originally Posted by COLVERT

It's voltage that kills not current.

If you wet the plates you'll short out the trap and maybe blow some fuses.--

You can quite safely touch both terminals of your car battery at the same time. It has enough power to turn your engine over but is harmless as it's only 12 volts pressure.

Well after you Claude. There's a story of a man who fell out of his motor boat and to climb back in he grasped the battery which killed him. But that's the story.